Boalmari Upazila

Boalmari (Bengali: বোয়ালমারী) is an upazila (sub-district) of Faridpur District in central Bangladesh, located in the Dhaka Division.

In the 16th century, the village of Satoir became a principal institution of Boalmari's Islamic civilization, aiding with the development of local society.

Saturi's murid was the Sultan of Bengal Alauddin Husain Shah, under whose instruction a congregational mosque was established in Satoir, later becoming a part of the Grand Trunk Road.

[6] During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a brawl took place between Bengali freedom fighters and the Pakistan Army in Natubdia Bazar on 9 December.

Another battle took place in Chandpur and Dhopadanga which led to the deaths of 11 freedom fighters and 49 Pakistan-allied soldiers including Major Mafiz.

Boalmari Thana was granted Upazila status in 1983 as part of the erstwhile President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization program.

It is said that in 1813, a young man named Chand who lived on the banks of the Madhumati River, traveled to the Kamakhya Temple of Assam where he studied magic.

He muttered a few sounds in a pot of water which he told his wife that if sprinkled on his body, he would become a human again.

One day, a British colonial officer shot Chand and killed him, causing him to drown in the Madhumati River.