On the way to the development of urban civilization, the Town Committee of the erstwhile East Bengal region was established in 1972 as Magura Municipality. Magura Municipality, a unique creation in the administrative map of Bangladesh's first unmanned free district Magura. Rajbari district on the north of Magura district, Jessore and Narail on the south, Faridpur in the east and Jhenaidah district on the west.
Prior to 1984, Magura was known as Mahoka in the greater Jessore district. In 1984, Magura was transformed into a district. In that same year, Magura municipality was upgraded to "B" category and in 1993, it has passed the status of "A" and has passed the present time. 44.36 sq km The area has 1,14,054 people living in the municipality Of the total population, 58,098 males and 56,956 females. Nabaganga, Kumar river created an aesthetic level in the beauty of the municipal area.
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World Cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is a son of Magura Municipality. The official office of municipality is run in a three-storey new municipal building. There are 129 regular employees. With this manpower, the municipality has been making continuous efforts to create an example of citizen service in the local government system. The municipal mayor, Mr. Md. Khurshid Haider Tutul has been the guardian of the municipality as the chief.
His father Md. Altaf Hossain was a prominent politician. Being inspired by his ideals, he kept his foot politically. Then he did not look back. The father of the city of Magura has changed the image of the whole magura sikta this city has changed the whole magura.