Baghprachanda Khan () is a village and ''

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'' under Lauta Union,

Beanibazar Upazila Beanibazar () is an upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District in northeastern Bangladesh, part of the Sylhet Division. The area is the successor of the territory of Panchakhanda, formerly ruled by the aristocratic Pal family. History Beanibazar ...

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Administration

History

Pratapchandra Pal, the youngest of the five sons of Yadavananda Pal, settled in this area after converting from Hinduism to

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and being given the name ''Prachanda Khan''. He excavated a large ''dighi'' (reservoir) in the area, which was named ''Bagh Prachanda Khan'' (Garden of Prachanda Khan), later being established as a

. His descendants continue to inhabit the village, and were at one point known as the '' Chowdhuries of Kala'' within Panchakhanda

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. Prachanda Khan was succeeded by his son Gauhar Khan, whose son was Majlis Agowan, whose son was Majlis Ikhtiyar, whose son was Majlis Khan, whose son was Mabarim Khan, whose son was Masum Khan, whose son was Fateh Muhammad, whose son was Faiz Muhammad, whose son was Safar Muhammad, whose son was Abdul Ali, whose son was Abdul Majid, whose son was Abdul Wahid, whose son and successor was Abdul Khaliq Chowdhury. Haji Moulvi Mohsen Chowdhury of this family was the father of Amatul Mannan Khatun, mother of

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and

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. The general preeminence of Prachanda Khan's clan is displayed in a proverb recorded by the historians

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and Syed Murtaza Ali: Translated, this means "Pal, Prachanda, Jangdar. These are the three ''mirashdars''." Thus, making reference to the original Pal family, the descendants of Prachanda Khan and the unrelated Jangdar clan, the proverb states that there were no other ''mirashdars'' beyond these families in the locality. Baghprachanda Khan's

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later became a notable trade centre of Karimganj subdivision. It was also an important centre of the Nankar Rebellion. In the late 1930s, the

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tortured and robbed Nankar rebels in Baghprachanda Khan village. On 18 May 1940, Baghprachanda Khan (along with the rest of the Beanibazar

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) was transferred from Karimganj subdivision to Sylhet subdivision. In 2013, there were allegations of teacher harassment at the West Baghprachanda Khan Primary School.

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