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Background of Jagannathpur Upazila

In 1191 AD, Raja Vijaya Manikya was the ruler of the state of Laud, King Vijaya Manikya gave Jagannatha Mishra and established the Vasudeva temple. Later this place was declared as "Jagannathpur" after Jagannath Misra. And since then, Jagannathpur was declared the kingdom of King Vijay Manikya. King Vijaya Manikya from Pandua in Jagannathpur issued coins in 1191 CE with the names of his two wives attached to their respective names at that time. This coin is the proof of King Vijay Manikya's reign, which is preserved in the family of Madanmohan Chowdhury of Kubajpur village. Jagannathpur was once larger than its present geographical boundaries. From the twelfth century to the eighteenth century the state of Jagannathpur was a tributary state of Laud, and was ruled by hereditary Laud princes. In the records of the Delhi emperors, Jagannathpur state is considered as the Ejmali possession of Laud and Srihatra's history states that the said Laud state was always considered as an independent state by the Mughal emperors. Therefore, to discuss the history of this Jagannathpur state, we have to go to the words of the ancient Laud state. Because its birthplace is ancient Laud. Historians say that ancient Laud's Pattana relationship is basically ancient Kamrup. The Buddhist traveler Hiueng Tsang, when he visited the country at the invitation of Kamrup king (640 AD), mentioned Sylhet as a part of Kamrup. Note that Sylhet is said to be close to the sea in various Buddhist texts. In addition, the copperplate inscriptions found in Nidhanpur are also a strong proof.


In the thirtieth century BC, a man named Bhagadatta ruled as Kamarupa. His account of the kingdom states that at that time there was a branch-capital of Bhagadatta Raja on the hills of Laur. He stayed there whenever he came to this country and traveled by boat from Laud to Dinarpur. The historical discussion mentioned above proves that the lowlands of ancient Srihatra (present day Sylhet) were submerged under deep water during that period. Note that written in the preface of the Mahabharata book: Bhima Pandu conquered Bangadesh and defeated the Slechchdigs of the Tamralipta and Sagar clans. Based on this information, Geology scholar Bankimchandra in his book Access to Bengal referred to Bengal in Mahabharata as the ancient Laud region meaning Northeast Bengal country. So not only Laud or Srihatta mentioned is older than Bengal. According to archaeologist Rameshchandra Dutta, the extent of the post-Brahmaputra kingdom of Kamrup is about 2,000 miles. Kamrup was spread over Assam, Manipur, Mymensingh, Srihatta, Cachar etc. Therefore, it is considered that Nripati Bhagadatta's Laud kingdom is older than the Mahabharata period. In the epic Mahabharata there is evidence that King Bhagadatta was killed by Mahavira Arjuna in the battle of Kurukshetra. After King Bhagadatta, 19 of his sons successively ruled Kamarupa i.e. Laud. The copperplates found at Vatera are mentioned by the Bretas as descendants of Burman, Ishandev. These kings are known as Chandravanshiya. Long after the 19 Nripatis, Nripati Vijayamanikya appeared in the ancient state of Laud. During 1191 AD, Vijaya Manikya established the kingdom of Jagannathpur and promoted Chikka coins.


On the other hand, in 1303 AD, the Yemenite Tapas Hazrat Shah Jalal Muzarard (RA) conquered the ancient Srihatra Gaur with three hundred and sixty followers. The followers of Shah Jalal (RA) spread across Bangladesh with the holy message of Islam. It is heard that eight Auliyas from among the followers of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) have come to the state of Jagannathpur in succession.


The names of the Auliyas who came in order and their current location:- Shah Kalam - Shahar Paray, Syed Shams Uddin - Syedpur Village, Shah Kalu and Shah Chand - Mirpur - Daor Baks Khatib - Daurai Village, Shah Fechan Uddin - Fechi Village, Syed Sams Uddin Bihari Eight. Gao, Shah Manik - Manihara village. It is mentioned that Shah Chand, who was staying in Mirpur, later moved to Chand Bharang village and that is where his Majhar is currently located. After the mentioned Vijaya Manikya, Nripati by the name of Divya Singha ruled the kingdom of Laud and Jagannathpur. Then the capital of Laur shifted to Navagram. Navagram is said to be the birth place of Vaishnavite Dharmavata Advaitya. King Divya Singh Rajyabhara left his son Ramanatha, in pursuit of peace, to his ministerial home Advaitya's Akhara Shantipur. From there he accepted Vaishnavism under the advice of Advaitya and became known as Krishnadasa after writing the book Advaitya Balalila. Ramanatha Singh, son of King Divya Singh, had three sons. Among these three sons, one became a Kashivasi and one son was placed on the throne of Laur; Ramanatha Singh along with his other son Keshav came to Jagannathpur. Around the fifteenth century, Ramanath's son Keshav Singh became the king. It should be noted that at this time, another new kingdom emerged in Baniachang in Ajmiriganj area. The king of this newly discovered kingdom was also named Keshav. Achutyacharan Chowdhury writes that "As the name of the king of the newly discovered kingdom of Baniachong and that of the king of Jagannathpur state are the same, many writers are misled and call the royal families of Jagannathpur and Baniachong as one dynasty, when in fact they are not. Keshav, the founder of the kingdom of Baniachong, was a merchant. He came to this country for the purpose of trade and for the purpose of performing the worship of the goddess Kali, having discovered the arid land divinely heard, he landed there and performed the worship of the goddess Kali.