Jhenaidah district is a gateway to the southern part of Bangladesh. The previous name of the region was "Gangadighi." The Ganga Dighi (current Baro Bazar) of Kaliganj upazila of the region once had been a famous port of India. It has been mentioned in the Greek history that oysters and muslin were used to being exported from this port in the ancient time. Indigo Resistance Movements (1860), Peasant Movement, Fakir- Sannayashi Movement etc are the remarkable chapters of the region. At the beginning of the British rule Jhenaidah was a police out- post and was turned into a police station in 1793. The Jhenaidah subdivision was established in 1862 and was turned into a district on 23 February 1984 after the liberation of Bangladesh.
Mobarokgonj Sugar mills, Jhenaidah Cadet College, Datanagor Agricultural Project, Shyalakupa Sahi Mosque, Shrine of Pagla Kanai, Naldanga Temple Complex, Kolika Doha, Baro Bazar, Mazar of Bulu Deouan, Gunjanath temple, Shiddeshary Kali Mondir, Home of K P Bose, Dhol Samudra Lake, Home of Poet Golam Mostafa, Shailkupa Ramgopal Temple, Graveyard of Shiraj Shai, Fakir Lalon Shai er Vita, Gazi Kalu - Champaboti Mazar at Kaliganj, were famous tourist spots at Jhenaidah District.
Dhol Somudur
At the region, there goes a story on Dhol Somudur like a myth. There lived a king in Jhenidah, named Mukut Roy. He had a lot of soldiers. He was not go out without 16 halka Elephants, 20 halka horses and 2,200 koradaradid. He was established a pool of water as like as Khan Jahan Ali (ra). He would continue to dig roads and water. He is an immortal celebrity in Jhenidah, Pagla Kanai union Dhol Somudur.
The lake has served for centuries as the darkness of the endless lake of drinking water. Most drinking water lakes throughout the centuries had been served as a repository and a Mighty King of royal structure has survived to this day as a memorial.
Bijapur was the capital of the east of the Jhenidah city. King was a great big cow house in Baribathane. There were a large number of cows, for this, people called him the king Nanda in Vrindavan. The king's was a park in Berbari. The name of the place has been karapara, where the koradara soldiers lived. All these places are still current. There is nothing left of the palace of King Mukut Roy.
The lake is an attractive entertainment space of Jhenaidah. There is an oral legend behind the lake dredging. Once the water has been troubled during the rule of the king, there was no water in Bill, Baor, rivers and lakes. The king was forced to decide to excavate ponds. Countless people worked day and night are deeper and deeper lakes and all around were wide.
But it was not water in the pond. One day the disappointed King saw a dream that, if the queen would worship down to the pond, water would fill the pond. By known it, the queen got down the lake to worship. The water began to rise. The queen began to rise above after prayers. See water, people began to mass festival of joy but the queen sank into the depths of the deep waters.
K.P. Basu
K.P. Basu is a world famous mathematician who made considerable contribution to the development of Algebra in the late 1800s.
The fully furbished house of the world famous mathematician Kalipada Basu (K.P.) is on the verge of ruination due to lack of maintenance in Jhenidah. The elite persons of this locality have requested the authorities to transform the house into a tourist spot.
Kalipada Basu is known globally for his contributions to the field of Algebra. He was born in Harishangkarpur village under Jhenidah Sadar Upazila. His father's name was Mohima Charan Basu.
He investigated modern European algebra and made it easier and more lucid in terms of scientific expression; his work was recommended by the Hunter Commission in the late 1880s. He also invented new mathematical proofs and elevated the standard of the locally available algebra book at the time. He also had an interest in geometry. He published 'Algebra Made Easy', 'Modern Geometry' and 'Intermediate Solid Geometry'. He also established K.P Basu Publishing in Kolkata. He ultimately became wealthy by virtue of his perseverance and merit. In 1907, he established a palatial building in his own village. In 1914, the famous mathematician contracted per nisus malaria and breathed his last in Dhaka.
K.P Basu built a two storied palatial building in his native village Harishangkarpur on one acre land in 1907. Once this building used to attract the attention of visitors but at present it has lost its aesthetic beauty due to not lack of care and maintenance.
