Background

Date of Establishment: 15th April 1869

Area: 15.08 Square Kilometer

Naming: There are two views regarding the naming of Meherpur Pourasava. One, in the early 16th century a religious leader named Meher Ali Shah came to preach Islam in this area and founded his Durbar in the village Kalachandpur. Thereafter he founded another Durbar in the centre of "Barabazar" in this municipal town. From that time the preaching of Islam started in that Hindu-Bauddha dominant society. It is presumed that in honor of the spiritual leader Meher Ali Shah, the area has been named as "Meherpur".

Two, the writer of East Bengal Railway's Bengal Travel Book (1940), Mihir and his daughter-in-law Khana (the producer of Khana's utterances ) used to live in the

present Meherpur town area. The hearsay is that from the name of Mihir, the area was named as "Mihirpur" which subsequently got changed to "Meherpur". Political Importance: The first Government of Bangladesh was formed at Meherpur and it which was used as the capital of the emigrant government till the achievement of freedom through a bloody war against Pakistan occupation forces for long nine months.

Political Importance: The first Government of Bangladesh was formed at Meherpur and it which was used as the capital of the emigrant government till the achievement of freedom through a bloody war against Pakistan occupation forces for long nine months.