History Of Liberation Natore District

History of the War of Liberation indigo resistance movement was held in Natore sadar upazila of the district during 1859 ' 1860. On 29 March 1971 a direct battle was fought between the Pak army and the freedom fighters in Natore sadar in which about 40 Pak soldiers including Major Aslam and Capt Ishaq were killed. On 30 March, 80 freedom fighters were killed and 32 were wounded in a battle with the 25th Regiment of Pak army at Moyna of Lalpur upazila; in another encounter with the Pak army at village Chamtia three freedom fighters were killed. Ten freedom fighters were killed in an encounter with the Pak army on 12 April at Dhanaidaha of this upazila. On 19 April the Pak army killed more than one hundred people including Dilip Kumar Sarkar, Dr. Monindra Nath Sarkar and Nabaram Mazumder. During the period from 3 May to 27 July the Pak army killed about five thousand people in different places of Lalpur upazila including Banpara Mission, North Bengal Sugar Mill, on the Lalpur Road and near the Neel Kuthi, at village Poitarpara of Chongdhupil, village Chatni, Ram Krishnapur and Bilmaria Hat. A battle was fought between the freedom fighters (under Bir Pratik Azad Ali) and the Pak army at a place adjacent to the Railway line of village Nabirpara in which 16 Pak soldiers were killed. On 3 December the Pak army killed 36 persons of village Maheshpur.

Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 5; Memorial monument 2.

Religious institutions Mosque 1961, temple 218, church 12, tomb 6. Noted religious institutions: tomb of Ghasipir (Dahia), Salampur and Baura Shahi Mosque, tomb and Mosque of Shah Bagu Dewan at Bhelalabaria, Chapila Shahi Mosque, tomb of Budhapara Hazrat Imam Shah Alam (R), tomb of Hazrat Shah Sufi Burhanuddin Baghdadi at Gopalpur, tomb of Sona Pir, tomb of Panch Pir, Bara Bagha Mazar Sharif, tomb of Rahim Sadhu (Gurudaspur Upazila), tomb of Bura Pir, Joykali Mandir (Natore Sadar Upazila), Shree Shree Radha Raman and Shree Shree Narayan Bigraho Tagore Dev Bigraho Mandir (Singra Upazila), Budhapara Kali Mandir, Panshipara Shree Fakir Chand Gosai Ashrama (Lalpur Upazila).