[3] The proposed Faridpur division was once under Gangaridai and Vanga Kingdom of ancient Bengal with its capital at Kotalipara in present day Gopalganj district of Bangladesh.

[4] Later, it was ruled by local Hindu rajas and Muslim sultans until the Mughal conquest of Bengal in the 16th century, after which many nobles and merchants from North India settled in the area.

[5] Under British rule in 1860, the district was named as Faridpur after 12th-century Sufi saint, Shah Sheikh Fariduddin.

[12] On 17 December 2024, the Public Administration Reform Commission recommended the creation of the Comilla and Faridpur divisions.

[13][14][15] The Division was proposed to be subdivided into five districts (zilas) and thence into 30 sub-districts (upazilas).