Cox's Bazar

The history of Cox's Bazar begins in the Mughal period.  The name Cox's Bazar derived from the name of a British East India Company officer, Captain Hiram Cox after he opened a market considering facilities of local people. Captain Cox was appointed as the Superintendent of Palonki (today's Cox's Bazar) outpost after Warren Hastings came as the Governor of Bengal following the British East India Company Act in 1773. After January 1, 1874 Cox's Bazar was declared as a district of the Bengal Province under the British Crown. After 1947’s Independence it remained as a part of East Pakistan. Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim, the first Chairman (after independence from the British) of Cox's Bazar municipality established the Tamarisk Forest along on the beach to draw tourist attention in this town and also to protect the beach from tide