In 1582 in the reign of Emperor Akbar, the province of Bengal was formed into 33 sarkars (fiscal sub division) and 682 parganas, and Edilpur area appears to have been included within the sarkar of Muhammad Abud. It was having belonged to one Raballabh in 1165 (1758-59 AD) and having borne a revenue of £4701. In 1765 AD the diwani of Bengal were awarded to British East India Company, Idilpur or "Idalpur" was administered from Dacca collectorate and later under Bakarganj. After abolishing pargana system by Cornwallis administration, Idilpur zamindari were given permanent settlement. In 1789 Chaudhuris named Golam Ali Chaudhary, Golok Roy Chaudhary and others were zamindars of Idalpur pargana. The zamindari was attached to the collector for arrears and later was sold to Mohini Mohan Tagore of Calcutta (Grand father of Rabindranath Tagore) in 1812. For some period Idalpur was under civil administration of Faridpur and land administration of Bakarganj at a time. Idilpur came under Madaripur subdivision of Bakerganj district in 1854 and was separated along with Madaripur subdivision from Bakarganj district and annexed with Faridpur district in 1873. During Pakistan period under the Basic Democracy Order of 1959 local government bodies Union Council later Union Parishad after liberation of Bangladesh were formed and "Idilpur" was made Union parishad. Gosairhat came into existence as a thana in 1921 after independence of Bangladesh and Idilpur Union worked under new Shariatpur District in 1984 along with Gosairhat Upazila.