During the British colonial period it was a horse racecourse at the bend of the river Padma.

The area was abandoned for a long period after the British left.

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman who was a local political leader at that time took initiative to transform the area into a park by Zilla Parishad.

The park was inaugurated in 1972 which later handed over to Rajshahi City Corporation in 1996.

The zoo inside the park has many types of animals including Tiger, deer, crocodile, monkey, snakes.