Baburhat
wholesale textile market in Narsingdi, Bangladesh
Baburhat (বাবুরহাট), officially known as Shekherchar Baburhat, is an inter-district wholesale textile market at Shekherchar in Narsingdi Sadar Upazila, Narsingdi District, Bangladesh. It is a major distribution centre for locally manufactured fabrics, handloom products, saris, lungis, dress materials and home textiles.
The market is situated beside the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway, approximately 35 km (22 mi) from Dhaka, near the old channel of the Brahmaputra River.
History
According to Banglapedia, Baburhat developed during the 1930s. A local account recorded by the encyclopaedia states that a landholder known as Ashu Babu initially established a market at Madhabdi. Following a dispute within the family, Kali Babu, Pramatha Babu and Gopal Babu established a competing market at Shekherchar, which subsequently became known as Baburhat.
The surrounding region had long been associated with handloom weaving, and weavers brought their weekly production to the market for wholesale trading. The marketplace was initially reached mainly by river. Road transport developed during the Second World War, when a company identified by Banglapedia as Momin Company constructed a road and introduced a bus service.
Trade and products
Baburhat operates principally as a wholesale market connecting textile manufacturers and weavers with merchants from different parts of Bangladesh.
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