Raja Achak Narayan was its final Hindu ruler who was defeated in the Capture of Taraf in 1304.

Tungachal was renamed Taraf and its first Muslim ruler was Syed Nasiruddin, who is buried in the famous Murarband Dargah Sharif.

[5][6] Syed Shah Israil wrote the Persian book Ma'dan al-Fawaid in 1534, is considered to be Sylhet's first author.

A famous lime (known as chun in Bengali) trader had a business at the ghat which was famed throughout Taraf.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a mass killing was orchestrated in Nalua Tea Garden.

Chunarughat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 40.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1054 females per 1000 males.

Shaistaganj-Chunarughat railroad section's seven railway station established by Assam Bengal railway 1929 Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–Balla line During the colonial British rule, train services were started by rail at Habiganj Mahukuma in Sylhet district of the then (Undivided British-India) Assam province.

The Shaistaganj-Balla railway line has a total of 7 stations (excluding Shaistaganj Junction), namely: Barkula, Shakir Muhammed, Sutang Bazar, Chunarughat, Amu Road, Assampara and Balla.

For this reason, the railway authorities built two more stations named Sutang Bazar and Barkula, known as remote areas.

[12] During the tenure of the military ruler Ershad government, the train movement on this route was stopped unannounced for the first time.

[12] After the Awami League government came to power in 1996, the then Finance Minister late Shah AMS Kibria, (Member of parliament) elected from Habiganj Sadar-Lakhai Upazila (Habiganj-3) constituency, under the sincere political efforts of the late Shah AMS Kibria, the railway line was upgraded in 2000.

[12] Ever since the undeclared closure of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government, an influential quarter has been looking at the huge resources of the railways.

[12] Railway land worth crores of rupees has been occupied by breaking the name of politics.

Some employees are pocketing money by constructing buildings on railway land and installing tenants.

The locals demanded that the train be restarted on this railway line soon to protect the tradition of the junction.

[13][15] After the Awami League government came to power in 2008, railway minister late Suranjit Sengupta was accorded a reception by the people of Shaistaganj.

[12] When Suranjit Sen became a political victim, the train from Habiganj Sadar to Balla could not be started again.

[12] The expectations of the people of Chunarughat-Madhabpur upazila (Habiganj-4) have increased a lot after Mahbub Ali, (Member of parliament), became the state minister for civil aviation and tourism.

[21] A metre gauge link exists between Shahbajpur in Bangladesh and Mahisasan in India.