Malkhanagar is a famous village in East Bikrampur Pargana of the former Dhaka. The village is located in Sirajdikhan upazila of Bikrampur pargana. Malkhanagar is bounded on the east by Taltala Bazar and Ichhamati river, on the north by Furshail, on the east by Kazirbagh, on the south by Naishing, on the west by Devipura and Kaivartsar. In the whole of Bikrampur, this region was quite famous for various reasons. The Taltola Launch Ghat was well known as the gateway to Bikrampur. In the seventeenth century, the people of East Bengal, especially in the coastal areas of Dhaka, Faridpur and Barisal, were oppressed by the Mugs and the Portuguese pirates. The Mughals and the Portuguese used to kidnap the crops, ornaments, money and women of the Bengalis. In 1664, Aurangzeb appointed Shaista Khan as the Subedar of Bengal to protect the people of Bengal from such atrocities. Soon after the appointment of Shaista Khan Subedar, Devidas Basu Thakur was appointed Kanungo of Nawara Mahal consisting of 55 parganas. The huge zamindari Seresta was in Dhaka; The annual income was about 14 lakh rupees in the then currency. Devidas Basu Thakur's great-grandfather was Gopal Basu Thakur, and out of 4 sons of Gopal Basu Thakur, the third sons was Govinda Basu Thakur and Debidas Basu Thakur was the first son of Govinda Basu Thakur. Devidas Basu Thakur, was originally the founder of Malkhanagar. Before the partition of the country in 1947, the Basu Tthakurs used to enjoy the tax free income in Basubazar, Narinda and Dayaganj mahallas of Dhaka. Devidas Basu Thakur built the Kachari Bari of Nawara Mahal, two miles south of the then flowing Dhaleshwari river, in which all the records and valuables of the Serestas of Basu Thakurs’ were kept. The Kachari house was known to the locals as 'Malkhana'. The name of this village is 'Malkhananagar' from 'Malkhana'. Over time, it became known as 'Malkhanagar' in the mouths of the local people. However, in the past documents, the name of this village is also seen as 'Basurnagar' in the eighteenth century. At that time this area was included in Deulbhog mouza.

The Basu Thakur family lived in this village for more than 300 years. There was security for everyone. They lived with full of happiness, sorrow, good and evil. The family was well educated and invigorated by energy and patriotism. Girish Chandra Basu Thakur wrote the first genealogy of the Basu Thakur family in 1888. About 34 years later, in 1922, a modified version was published by Pramatha Nath Basu Thakur. The next enlarged version of the genealogy was published by Nilkanta Basu Thakur. About 31 years later, the genealogy and brief history of the Basu Thakur family of Malkhanagar was published in 1953 at the initiative of Samarendranath Basu Thakur. About 36 years later, on the initiative of Prabhas Chandra Basu Thakur, apart from the history and genealogy of the family, a chapter on the identity of the daughters and sons-in-law of the Basu Thakur family and the couples belonging to the family was written. Prabhas Chandra Basu Thakur's immense hard work and dedication for this precious book is unforgettable. After searching from various sources for 7 long years, he collected the images of various geniuses of the Basu Thakur family and published this invaluable book. Based on this book, the revised version was published in 2006 at the initiative of Kanchan Kumar Basu Thakur. In the words of Rabindranath, "History is not to declare the glory of the country, but to reveal the truth”. This history is family history, so we have tried to express the truth in fluent language rich in information. Therefore, we consider this history as a living dictionary of various real events.

The surnames of the Basu Thakur family are written somewhere Basu or Bose and somewhere Basu Thakur. Many of them use Basu or Bose surname in their career. The surnames used by them are well-known in public life. In this context, we strongly urge the present elders of the family to ensure the use of surname Basu Thakur of their descendants to preserve this particular title. Otherwise, this title may be lost in the near future. Because there are many surnames of Basu or Bose in the world, but if you say Basu Thakur, it will mean only Basu Thakur of “Malkhanagar”.

Today, almost every household in the Basu Thakur family has a doctor or an engineer or masters’ in other fields. One web site might not be enough to talk about all of them. This web site has tried to highlight the origin of Malkhanagar name, it’s history, rise of Basuthakur family, character and fame of some memorable person shining in its glory, bright character in homeland love and patriotism, fame of bright people in education, literature and in the world of sports. Its sole purpose is to present to the world and to the present generation the glorious story of the golden past of the Basu Thakurs’ of Malkhanagar.