largest area of Chittagong, including the Cox Bazaar, was under the reign of the Arakan kings from the early ninth century until their conquest by the Mughals in 1666 AD [8]. When the Mughal prince Shah Shuja crossed the mountainous terrain of Cox's Bazaar on the way to Arakan, he was attracted by its scenic beauty and captivating. He ordered his forces to camp there. His entourage of a thousand palanquines stopped there for a while. A place called Dulahazara, which means "thousand palanquines", still exists in the area. After the Mughals, the place was under the control of the Tipra and the Arakanese, followed by the Portuguese and then the British.
name Cox's Bazaar originated from the name of an officer of the British East India Company, Captain Hiram Cox, who was appointed Superintendent of the Palonki outpost of today. It happened to Warren Hastings, who became the governor of Bengal after the Law of British East India Companies in 1773. The Captain rehabilitated many refugees in the area, but died in 1799 before he could finish his work. To commemorate it, a market was established with its name, called Cox's Bazar. The Cox Bazaar was first established in 1854 and became a municipality in 1869. [8]
the rebellion riot (1857 Indian rebellion) in 1857, the British East India Company was widely criticized and questioned on humanitarian grounds, especially for its monopoly of the opium trade on the Indian subcontinent. However, after its dissolution on January 1, 1874, all assets of the company, including its Armed Forces, were acquired by the British Crown. After this historic takeover, Cox's Bazar was declared a district of the province of Bengal under the British Crown.