The name Cox's Bazar originated from the call of a British East India Company officer, Captain Hiram Cox, who turned into appointed as the Superintendent of Palonki (latest Cox's Bazar) outpost. He succeeded Warren Hastings, who have become the Governor of Bengal following the British East India Company Act in 1773. Cox embarked upon the mission of rehabilitation and agreement of the Arakanese refugees with inside the area. He rehabilitated many refugees with inside the area, however died in 1799 earlier than completing his work. To commemorate him, a marketplace turned into installed and named after him, referred to as Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar turned into first installed in 1854 and have become a municipality in 1869. After the Sipahi Mutiny in 1857, the British East India Company turned into tremendously criticized on humanitarian grounds, particularly for its opium exchange monopoly over the Indian Sub-Continent. However, after its dissolution on 1 January 1874, the company's assets, such as its armed forces, have been obtained through the British Crown. After this takeover, Cox's Bazar turned into declared a district of the Bengal Province beneath Neath the British Crown.