Baghprachanda Khan ( bn, বাগপ্রচণ্ড খাঁ, bagprôcôṇḍô khã) is a village and ''

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'' under Lauta Union,

Beanibazar Upazila Beanibazar ( bn, বিয়ানীবাজার, Biyanībazar, Morning Market) is an upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District in northeastern Bangladesh, part of the Sylhet Division. The area is the successor of the territory of Panchakhand ...

Sylhet District Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division. History Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...

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Administration

History

Pratapchandra Pal, the youngest of the five sons of Yadavananda Pal, settled in this area after converting from Hinduism to

Sunni Islam Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagre ...

and being given the name ''Prachanda Khan''. He excavated a large ''dighi'' (reservoir) in the area, which was named ''Bagh Prachanda Khan'' (Garden of Prachanda Khan), later being established as a

. His descendants continue to inhabit the village, and were at one point known as the '' Chowdhuries of Kala'' within Panchakhanda

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

. Prachanda Khan was succeeded by his son Gauhar Khan, whose son was Majlis Agowan, whose son was Majlis Ikhtiyar, whose son was Majlis Khan, whose son was Mabarim Khan, whose son was Masum Khan, whose son was Fateh Muhammad, whose son was Faiz Muhammad, whose son was Safar Muhammad, whose son was Abdul Ali, whose son was Abdul Majid, whose son was Abdul Wahid, whose son and successor was Abdul Khaliq Chowdhury. Haji Moulvi Mohsen Chowdhury of this family was the father of Amatul Mannan Khatun, mother of

Syed Mujtaba Ali Syed Mujtaba Ali ( bn, সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1974) was a Bengali writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanistan ...

and

Syed Murtaza Ali Syed Murtaza Ali (1 July 1902 – 9 August 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the elder brother of writer and linguist Syed Mujtaba Ali. He is noted for his works relating to the histories of Chittagong, Sylhet and Jaintia. Background and e ...

. The general preeminence of Prachanda Khan's clan is displayed in a proverb recorded by the historians

Achyut Charan Choudhury Achyut Charan Choudhury ( bn, অচ্যুৎচরণ চৌধুরী; 5 February 1866 – 25 September 1953) was a Bengali writer and historian. Though he wrote several books regarding Vaishnav Hinduism, Choudhury is most well known for h ...

and Syed Murtaza Ali: Translated, this means "Pal, Prachanda, Jangdar. These are the three ''mirashdars''." Thus, making reference to the original

Pal family The Pal family ( bn, পাল বংশ; also spelt Pala) are a Bengali aristocratic family who had formerly held lands in what is now Sylhet, Bangladesh. History Among the most ancient clans in their region, the Pals trace their descent from ...

, the descendants of Prachanda Khan and the unrelated Jangdar clan, the proverb states that there were no other ''mirashdars'' beyond these families in the locality. Baghprachanda Khan's

Bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...

later became a notable trade centre of Karimganj subdivision. It was also an important centre of the

Nankar Rebellion The Nankar rebellion ( bn, নানকার বিদ্রোহ, Nānkār Bidrōh, ur, بغاوت نانکار, Baghāvat-e-Nānkār) was a peasant movement in the Sylhet District (now Sylhet Division) of East Pakistan which was organised on ...

. In the late 1930s, the

Indian Imperial Police The Indian Imperial Police, referred to variously as the Imperial Police or simply the Indian Police or, by 1905, Imperial Police, was part of the Indian Police Services, the uniform system of police administration in British Raj, as established by ...

tortured and robbed Nankar rebels in Baghprachanda Khan village. On 18 May 1940, Baghprachanda Khan (along with the rest of the Beanibazar

thana Thana means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station. * Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''upazila'' * in (Briti ...

) was transferred from Karimganj subdivision to Sylhet subdivision. In 2013, there were allegations of teacher harassment at the West Baghprachanda Khan Primary School.

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