Bajitpur

Bajitpur is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The place is well known to Bangladeshis and people of West Bengal for being the ancestral home, birthplace, and the place of growing up and sadhana of Swami Pranavananda Maharaj 1896–1941, the yogi, spiritual leader and Hindu revivalist leader who founded the Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

Bajitpur was famous for the manufacturing of exceptional excellent muslin, referred to as tanjab. The art of making Jamdani designs on fine fabric reached its zenith all through Mughal rule. There had been handlooms in almost all villages of dhaka district. Bajitpur amongst Dhaka, Sonargaon, Dhamrai, Titabari and Jangalbari had been famous for making superior high-quality Jamdani and muslin. Traders from Europe, Iran, Armenia, in addition to Mughal-Pathan buyers used to deal in those fabric.

The Mughal Emperor, the Nawab of Bengal and different aristocrats used to engage agents at Dhaka to buy excessive quality muslin and Jamdani from the above-stated selected places for his or her masters use. After the liberation of Bangladesh, a Jamdani village turned into installed at Demra near Dhaka to offer economic help to weavers. Jamdani weavers of different areas, but, be afflicted by lack of patronage and aid in their labour and know-how. The silent looms of village Madhurapur in bajitpur upazila of kishoreganj district talk volumes approximately the decline of this industry.