When the Mughal subahdar of Bengal Man Singh I went to attack Bikrampur, his allies had been defeated by Kedar Ray and took refuge in a place called Srinagar in present-day Naria.

Mansingh sent an army to rescue the allies and a fierce battle took place leading to the wounding of Kedar Ray and his eventual death.

Today, there is also a place called Kedarpur in Naria which was supposedly a new city which Kedar Ray was planning to develop but was unable to because of his death.

The ruins of the trench he was digging around the house still exist is called the Fence (Ber) of Kedar Ray's residence.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Yunus Ali Khan Mitali was the Mukti Bahini area commander for the Naria and Palang thanas and later Master Didarul Islam took this role.

On 22 May, a young girl named Nasimah Akhtar, who lived in Mumin Ali Bepari's house, was burned alive by the army.

Hafiz Abdur Rashid, Mitali and Abdul Jalil were posted in the Naria police station at night.

Dr Kanchon was given the task of attacking Ali's house and James Babul with recovering the wireless set.

[7] Naria Thana was converted into an upazila in 1983 and then incorporated into the newly founded Shariatpur District, which comprised the former parts of eastern Madaripur.

Naria had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 50.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1106 females per 1000 males.

The Modern Fantasy Kingdom has the country's largest big fish aquarium and is located in Kalukathi, Kedarpur Union.

[12] The Naria Barta is a local newspaper and is edited by Barkat Ali Murad with Sikandar Alam Mintu as the executive editor and Khalil Bandukasi as manager.