During the Mughal period, the governor of Bengal granted Diwan Sharif ibn Munawwar Khan with the zamindari of Maheswardi Pargana.

Due to this scenery, Sharifpur became known to locals as Parulia, from pal uriya meaning flying sails in the Bengali language.During the British rule, the area suffered greatly from the 1897 earthquakes.

The Muslim zamindars of Ghorasal were a notable landowning family, either founded by Ghulam Nabi or Abu Yusuf Lutful Kabir Fenu Miah.

Perimohan inherited the land and was succeeded by his only son, Bauddha Narayana Saha who sold the estate to Ahammad Ali, a Bengali Muslim wakil.

In 1980, the Khilpara Darul Ulum Alim Madrasa was established through the initiative of Abdul Aziz and Shafaz Uddin.

Palash had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 58.62%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 977 females per 1000 males.

Palash Upazila is divided into one municipality called Ghorasal in addition to four union parishads these are: Charsindur, Danga, Gazaria, and Jinardi.

Danga is famed for loom production, Charsindur for bananas, Jinardi for pineapples and Mausum for fruits in general.

The palaces in Danga of the former Saha family, the residence of RR Rubel Mullah and the Ghorasal zamindar estates are also popular tourist sites.