Jessore District

Jessore (Bengali: যশোর or Bengali : যশোহর) is a district located in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west.

Jessore district was established in 1781. It consists of 4 municipalities, 36 wards, 8 upazilas, 92 unions, 1329 mouzas, 1434 villages and 120 mahallas.  

Upazilas are: Abhaynagar, Bagherpara, Chaugacha, Jessore Kotwali, Jhikargacha, Keshabpur, Manirampur & Sharsha.

Jessore town consists of 9 wards and 73 mahalls. Jessore Municipality was established in 1864. The area of the town is 25.72 km². The town has a population of 117,8273; male 52.97%, female 47.03%. The Literacy rate among the town people is 56.57%. The town has one Dakbungalow.

History

Jessore is a kingdom and Raja Propadittyo is the king of the Jessore kingdom. Jessore district once belonged to the ancient Janapad kingdom of Samatat Janapada. At the time of the partition of India in 1947, Jessore was partially divided. Except  for the Banhaon and Gaighata thanas, the entire district became part of East Pakistan.

The Bengali soldiers stationed at Jessore cantonment mutinied against the Pakistan Army on 29 March 1971. They were led by Captain Hafiz Uddin and Lieutenant Anwar in an uprising where 300 soldiers were killed. The rebels killed 50 Pakistani soldiers with machine gun fire at Chanchara.

On 7 December 1971, Jessore became the first district of Bangladesh to be liberated from Pakistani forces.