page_title: Sherpur District
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sherpur District / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Mysaheba Jame Masque, Sherpur
context_page_description: Sherpur is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur district was a sub-division of Jamalpur District. It was upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984. Sherpur city is located about 197–199 kilometres north of Dhaka which is the capital of the country.
context_section_description: Sherpur region was a part of the kingdom of the Kamarupa in the ancient time. Fakir-Sannyasi Revolts were held against the East India Company and the local zamindars from the time of warren hastings to lord cornowalis; Tipu Shah, leader of the Fakir Movement, declared sovereignty in the area and established his capital at Gajripa. Peasant conferences were held in 1906, 1914 and 1917 at Kamarer Char of Sherpur under the leadership of Khos Muhammad Chowdhury. The communists revolted against the systems of Nankar, Tonk, Bhawali, Mahajani, Ijaradari during 1838–48 in Sherpur. In 1897 a devastating earth quack changed the course of the Brahmaputra towards the west and forced to merge it with the Jamuna; it also caused serious damages to many old buildings.
  During the non-cooperation movement in 1970 declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a war committee was formed in this district. Sherpur played an important role by training the freedom fighters led by the war committee.
caption: Mysaheba Jame Masque, Sherpur
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