Bikrampur

La región fue gobernada sucesivamente por Vigrahapala I , Narayanapala , Rajyapala , Gopala II , Vigrahapala II , Mahipala , Naya Pala , Vigrahapala III , Mahipala II , Shurapala II , Ramapala , Kumarapala , Gopala III y Madanapala . ^{[ 2 ]} El imperio Pala se desintegró en 1174 debilitado por los ataques de la creciente dinastía Sena . ^{[ 3 ]}

Durante el reinado de Srichandra (930-975 d. C.), el centro administrativo del reino Chandra se estableció en Bikrampur. ^{[ 4 ]} La dinastía Varman (1035-1150 d. C.) reemplazó a los Chandra y estableció su reino independiente. ^{[ 5 ] [ 6 ]}

Tras la caída de los Chandras, la dinastía Varman se hizo poderosa en Bengala Oriental. Los Varman afirmaban descender de una rama de la dinastía Yadava de Simhapur. ^{[ 7 ] [ 8 ]} Jat Varman, Hari Varman y Samala Varman fueron los gobernantes más poderosos, que gobernaron en Bikrampur. Bhoja Varman fue el último gobernante independiente de la dinastía Varman, quien fue derrotado por Vijaysena de la dinastía Sena . ^{[ 9 ]}

A copper-plate inscription from the time of the ruler Vijay Sen (ruled 1097–1160), founder of the Sen Dynasty, was found in Barrackpore, in 1911. In this inscription, Bikrampur was mentioned as the capital of that region.^[10] It continued to be the capital throughout the, Sena Dynasty. In 1205, a Turkic general of the Delhi Sultanate Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji defeated the then-ruler Lakshman Sen in Nadia. Lakshman fled to Bikrampur.^[11] His two sons Vishwarup Sen and Keshab Sen kept ruling from here until 1230.^[12] However the copper-plate inscriptions during their reign do not mention Bikrampur as the capital.^[13] Another Hindu ruler, Danuj Rai, defeated a successor of Keshab Sen and started ruling from here. In early 1280, he moved the capital to Suvarnagrama (later named Sonargaon).^[13][14]

Mughal Emperor Akbar established Bikrampur as one of the 52 parganas of Sonargaon sarkar in the Bengal subah during his administrative reforms implemented between 1572–1580.^[15] During his time, Chand Rai^[16] and Kedar Rai^[17] were the Zamindars of Bikramapur. In the expeditions against Bara-Bhuiyans, Mughal Subahdar Man Singh killed Kedar Rai in the early 1600s.^[18]

In post-Aurangzeb era, during the time of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, Bikrampur was divided into eight taluks – Bhagyakul, Sreenagar, Maijpara, Sinhapara, Taltala, Sirajdikhan, Louhajong and Baligaon. Each taluk was represented by one zamindar. Muhammad Azim Khan became the Zamindar of Louhajong who held the title of "Khan Bahadur". Gobinda Prasad Roy became the Zamindar of Maijpara.^[19]