The Comilla region was once under ancient Samatat and was joined with Tripura
State. This district came under the reign of the kings of the Harikela
in the ninth century AD. Lalmai Mainamati was ruled by Deva dynasty
(eighth century AD), and (during tenth and mid eleventh century AD). In
1732 it became the center of the Bengal-backed domain of Jagat Manikya.
Presently a part of Comilla's Court
Road, the photographed street has been once an extension of historic
Grand Trunk Road, to communicate with the port facilities of Chittagong.
The Peasants Movement against the king of
Tripura in 1764, which originally formed under the leadership of
Shamsher Gazi is a notable historical event in Comilla. It came under
the rule of East India Company
in 1765. This district was established as Tripura district in 1790. It
was renamed Comilla in 1960. Chandpur and Brahmanbaria subdivisions of
this district were transformed into districts in 1984.
Communal tension spread over Comilla when a
Muslim was shot in the town during the partition of Bengal in 1905. On
21 November 1921, Kazi Nazrul Islam composed patriotic songs and tried
to awaken the town people by protesting the Prince of Wales's visit to
India. During this time, Avay Ashram, as a revolutionary institution,
played a significant role. Poet Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi
visited Comilla at that time. In 1931, approximately 4000 peasants in
Mohini village in Chauddagram Upazilla revolted against a land revenue
tax. The British Gurkha soldiers fired indiscriminately on the crowd,
killing four people. In a major peasant gathering, the police fired at
Hasnabad of Laksham Upazila in 1932. Two people were killed and many
were wounded.
Comilla Cantonment is one of most
important military bases and is the oldest in East Bengal. It was widely
used by the British Indian Army during World War II. Ir was the
headquarters of the British.
14th Army. There is a war cemetery,
Maynamati War Cemetery, in Comilla that was established after the World
War II to remember the Allied soldiers who died during World War I and
II, mostly from Commonwealth states and the United States.
There are a number of Japanese soldiers were buried there as well.
Another important place is Shalban Bihar, this is a historical place of
comilla. The older name of this place is Vobodev Mohabihar.Shalban
Bihar.
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