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the sailors of boats lost the direction and moved hither
& thither for 8 days. They then got stuck up at a silted place and anchored
there. The Prince Bishamber Sur under divine direction lifted the of
Barahi Devi and placed it there with the sacrifice of goat. That was a foggy
day. After appearance of the sun, it was found that the statue got set in
the reverse direction. His
entourage exclaimed ‘Bhul Hua’,
‘Bhul Hua’
which
meant it was a mistake. From that event the land was called ‘Bhulua’. During
the reign of Aurangjeb, the Emperor of Delhi, in the north and east region
of Bhulua there were frequent
floods caused by the river Dakatia. As a
result crops were destroyed. In 1660 under the
supervision
of the Fausder of Comilla, a new canal was excavated through Ramgonj,
Sonaimuri and Chowmuhani to pass the flood waters. The new canal was
called ‘Noa Khal’ in local terms. In 1868 the land was named as ‘Noakhali’
from the word ‘Noa khal’.
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