[2] North Bengal Sugar Mills was established in 1933 by the Messrs Surujmal and Nagrumal during the British Raj.
[4] During the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971, the Pakistan Army killed 150 staff of the mill including administrator Lieutenant M Anwarul Azim.
[5] This was in revenge for a Mukti Bahini ambush on the Pakistan Army at the Gopalpur railway station, later renamed Azim Nagar.
[9] It lost 120 million BDT that year while missing production target due to low yields.
[2] In 2014, the mill started a project to develop its facilities to produce refined sugar and electricity at the same time.
[2] Its deadline was extended to June 2021 but the Project Evaluation Committee stopped it in January 2021 and ordered a new survey.