The territory of Tahirpur Upazila contains the historic village of Nabagram (in Badaghat Union), which served as the capital of the Laur Kingdom.

[5] After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, some disciples of warrior-saint Shah Jalal migrated and settled in present-day Tahirpur where they preached Islam to the local people.

Most notably, Shah Rafiuddin migrated here and is buried in Sarping on the border with Meghalaya on top of Laur Hill.

In the 18th century, Tahirpur became a part of Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury's zamindari based in Gouripur House in Mymensingh.

During the British Raj, the local council resolved a false accusation against a Bengali Muslim by the name of Tahir Ali.

[6] During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a refugee camp was established in Tahirpur on the footsteps of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills.

Tahirpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 30.40%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males.

Basically, due to the real fearlessness of paddy cultivation, the fate of the people of this upazila fluctuates even in the face of water scarcity.