Thinking it was a ghostly incident, Sita's dhobis left the bank and migrated to an unknown place without informing anyone.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a confrontation took place between the freedom fighters and the Pakistan Army on 19 July 1971.

On 3 October at midnight, the Pakistani army's surprise attacke on the Mukti Bahini camp at Guatala Bazar, led to the death of four freedom fighters.

A mass killing was conducted the next day in the same place as well as in Taraikandi Ferry Ghat leading to 120 deaths.

7 mass graves were discovered in Guatala, Taraikandi, Zigatala, Defulia Para, Digalbagh, Milagara, and Goborchena.

Dhobaura has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 29.36%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1035 females per 1000 males.

Languages prevalent in the upazila include Bengali, Arabic, English, Garo and Hajong.

[3] Several Dhobaura's residents are employed abroad in countries such as Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

The historic village of Darsha has a very old 3.3-acre pond known as Patharkata as well as ruins of a mosque dating back to the Mughal era.