page_title: Bhaluka Upazila
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bhaluka Upazila / History
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: কাদিগড় জাতীয় উদ্যান This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Bangladesh identified by the ID: BDPA-NP-H-34-15
context_page_description: Bhaluka is an upazila of the Mymensingh District in Bangladesh. Bhaluka is one of the oldest small business hubs in the area.
context_section_description: During the reign of the Palas and Senas, Bhaluka was under the administration of a samanta. It came under Muslim rule during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah in the early fourteenth century.
  Khan Saheb Abedullah Chowdhury was a notable zamindar of Bhaluka. He and his wife, Halimunnesa Chowdhurani, made notable contributions to the development of Bhaluka. Under the orders of Abedullah Chowdhury and the help of Mansur Ali Khan, Zayed Ali and Zayed Khan, the Bhaluka Bazar (marketplace) was established. The Bhaluka Bazar area however was divided into two parts as two different zamindars (landowners) were in control. The western bazaar was under Maharaja Shashikanta of the Muktagacha Zamindari. The entirety of Bhaluka along with the eastern bazaar was under the Bhawal Zamindari. In the forests of the former part, there was a mazar whose custodian was Innat Faqir, the father of Wahid Ali Faqir. There was a courthouse in the eastern bazaar, and so rent was collected for the Zamindar of Bhawal. The village next to the marketplace also came to be known as Bhaluka. Separating from the Gafargaon Thana, Bhaluka was made its own administrative thana of Mymensingh Subdivision in 1917.
  Their son Aftabuddin Chowdhury was a member of the National Assembly for the term 1965-1969 from the Pakistan Muslim League, and later an MP in Bangladesh from the same party. The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was built in the regime of Ayub Khan because of the proposal given by Chowdhury.
  During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Afsar Uddin Ahmed (Sub-sector Commander of Sector 11) collected arms and ammunition, and founded the Afsar Bahini - challenging the Pakistan Army. Shah Ali Akbar was also a valiant freedom fighter of Bhaluka. The Pakistan Army established military camps at Mallikbari, Ashka, Tamat, and Bhaluka Bazar. A memorial monument was established in Bhaluka Bus Stand. Bhaluka Thana was upgraded to an upazila in August 1983.
  In 2010, work started for the Kadigarh National Park located in Palgaon, Kachina Union.
caption: Brick road in Bhaluka's Kadigarh National Park.
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