A brief history of Cox's Bazar district
Palangki was once the former name of Cox's Bazar. Another ancient name of Cox's Bazar is Panoya. Which literally means yellow flower. Arakan was initially ruled by the Mughals, but later Tripura, the Rakhine community, the Portuguese and then the British took over the state of Arakan. So let's start the history of Cox's Bazar from the beginning of the ninth century. Before the Mughal emperors ruled over India, a large part of Chittagong, including Cox's Bazar, Himchhari and St. Martin's, belonged to the state of Arakan. The then Mughal emperor "Shah Shuja" one day on his way to Arakan by a mountain road was fascinated by the natural beauty of the place and decided to set up camp here. Then at his command about a thousand palanquins in his caravan took up position at a place called Dulahajara (meaning palanquin) in Chakriyar Cox's Bazar. Let me say one thing here - many may think that this is the example of Emperor "Shah Sujar" in telling the history of Cox's Bazar or why? In fact, the main purpose of this example was to highlight the impossible natural beauty of Cox's Bazar by this example of Emperor Shah Sujar.
Anyway back to the main context, "Captain Hiram Cox" was an officer of the East India Company. He later took over as the Director General of Palanki (former name of Cox's Bazar). "Captain Hiram Cox" was working to resolve the millennia-old conflict between Arakanese refugees and local Rakhine. But he died before the problem could be resolved. So a market was established in his name to commemorate his contribution to conflict resolution. Named "Cox's Bazar". It is known to us as "Cox's Bazar" for short.
Writer-
Tanvir Rahman
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