Bijoynagar Upazila


Bijoynagar is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Bijoynagar has 37,977 households and a total area of.

Administration

Bijoynagar has 10 unions/wards, 168 mouzas/mahallas, and 230 villages. Chandura, Harashpur, Champaknagor and
Bodanti are its great unions. Previously it was a part of Tripura District. In 1618 C.E. during the reign of Nuruddin
Mohammad Jahangir, his commander in chief Daud Khan occupied this area from the king of Tripura. This locality was renamed as Daudpur Pargana after his name. After the struggle he settled here as administrative lord. This pargana was annexed with the pargana
Jalalpur.The British came into Bengal as Dewan in 1765 C.E. They created many districts for their administrative purposes. Again they established Tripura as District in 1790. Daudpur Pargana was also a part of Mymensing. In 1860, the government established Brahmanbaria as sub- division. Daudpur, Sarail, Bejura and Haripur were separated from Mymensing and submitted to Brahmanbaria.Ershed government promoted Brahmanbaria as Zilla in 1984 from sub-Division