Kabirhat Upazila: History
It is said that the independent Sultan Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, the first Muslim to conquer Chittagong, was born in Kabirhat. Under the Mughal Empire in circa 1770, Sheikh Nurullah Chaudhuri and Sheikh Mujirullah Chaudhuri established the three-domed Ramadan Miah Mosque. The antique mosque is located in the village of Dawlat Ramdi in Bataiya Union. The Hoiya Miah Mosque is also a notable three-domed mosque in the area. The Sufi dervish Chhankhola was active in Kabirhat and he was buried in a mazar (mausoleum) in Narottampur. The Kabirhat Madrasa was established in 1905.
In circa 1895, a prominent businessman of Ward 2 by the name of Kabir Patwari opened a shop near his house yard. He later extended his shop further north to meet the needs of the people of the area. A haat bazaar was eventually established and every Friday and Tuesday, the people of the area start coming there for their daily necessities. In this way, the market came to be known as Kabir-Hat. Kabir Patwary Jami Mosque in Ghoshbagh is a notable mosque in the area too.
The 1970 Bhola cyclone heavily affected Kabirhat in every sector. During the Bangladesh War of 1971, the local Razakars established a camp at the Kabirhat High School. The school was used a slaughter place and a ditch was dug on the eastern part of the high school. The Pakistan Army and the Razakars plundered Company Hat and set fire to houses in the village of Alipur in Ghoshbagh on 27 September. On 17 October, the Bengali pro-independence militants raided Jalil's house, killing him and his associates who were local supporters of the Pakistan Army.
Kabirhat suffered from another cyclone in 1991. On 6 August 2006, the Kabirhat Upazila (sub-district) was formed from some unions of Noakhali Sadar Upazila.