The Pabna Town Hall was announced as ‘Thomson Town Hall’ in 1892. Now the Thomson Town Hall is known as ‘Town Hall’ and it’s our right to say ‘The Historical town Hall’. But who was Thomson, that is unknown.  The Pabna Town Committee was established in 1866. How and when The Town Hall Committee acquire the land area and established the Town Hall it’s unknown to us.

The Taras Rajbari in Pabna, across the river from Kushtia. It was built in the late 19^th century for the zamindar who held the Taras zamindari, the wealthiest estate in the Pabna district.  It was presently housing the records of the custodian of abandoned property, specifically the property abandoned by Hindus who had fled to India.

Zor Bangla the peculiar temple is situated at the north–east corner in Kalachandpara of Pabna. It is stood on a 2.5 feet high basement. West faced this temple is fully made by brick. Roof sloping in either direction is it’s main specialty. Two temple attached on a single basement caused the name of it as "Zor Bangla".  It has three ways on the both side to entered into it and a small window which is useless. It is told that in the middle of 18^th century this temple was made by Brazamohan Crorhi.

‘Judge’ the designation was declared in 1879 in Pabna for the first time. That time only the Sub-judge and Munsif court was in Pabna. In 1884 the construction of the Judge court building was completed. It’s expenditure was 192580 Tk.  This building has no window. There are three iron made wide stairs and about 122 doors in this building which made it more attractive.

Chatmohar Mosque situated in the heart of Chatmohar Bazar in Pabna district, was once in utter ruins. The mosque was thoroughly restored and repaired in the 1980s by the Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh, and is now a protected monument. A Persian inscription in beautiful Tughra, now preserved in the Rajshahi varendra research museum, records its construction in 1582 AD by Khan Muhammad bin Tuwi Khan Qaqshal.

In March, 1894 Mr. Gopal Chandra Lahiri established a high school named PABNA INSTITUTE. In 1898 he and his colleagues decided to establish a college. In the same year they established it. In 1906 the name of PABNA INSTITUTE was changed into PABNA EDWARD COLLEGE and in 1911 it was named EDWARD COLLEGE. Edward University College library has the largest collection of books.

Pabna Peasant movement

The new zamindars who purchased part of the Natore Raj zamindari in the Yusufshahi pargana in Sirajganj indulged in frequent acts of violence in order to realise enhanced rent and to collect illegal cesses under various names. act x of 1859 allowed the zamindars to enhance rent only on three specific grounds: (a) if the raiyats paid less rent than what is paid for the same type of land in the neighboring areas; (b) if the value of produce increased; and (c) if the raiyats paid rents for less land than they actually held. The zamindars were powerful enough to circumvent these provisions and enhance rent with impunity.

The immediate background of the present rising in Pabna was a case filed by zamindars against 43 leading raiyats of Urkandee village. These raiyats refused to pay the enhanced rent, which they claimed to be illegal. The raiyats had deposited the rent with the court. In support of their demands, the zamindars produced documents and claimed that the raiyats had been paying the rent demanded of them for one decade. The Munsiff of Shazadpur Court decreed in favour of the zamindars in April 1872, but the Civil Judge of Rajshahi reversed the decision in December 1872, believing that the zamindars had "concocted" the documents. The Judgement of the appellate court was looked upon by the raiyats as their moral victory over the zamindars.

The introduction of jute as a cash crop had played an important role in the Pabna uprising. The jute economy led to the rise of a new rural middle class of raiyats who could well assert themselves against the landlords. Jute fetched a good income for peasants until the great slump of 1873. The zamindars were not prepared to recognise the distress of the peasants and reduce their demands. Due to the slump in the jute market the raiyats were beset with a near-famine situation because of the loss of purchasing power. Under such a situation some Sirajganj landlords declared an enhancement of rent and that triggered the rebellion.

The Pabna Raiyats' League came into existence in May 1873, and gradually spread its influence over a large part of the district. One of the leaders of the League was Ishan Chandra Roy, commonly known as Ishan Raja. Koodi Molla and Shambhu Nath Pal were prominent among his followers. They declared their parganas independent of zamindari control and fancied setting up a local government. They even set up a 'rebel army' to fight the zamindari lathials (clubmen). Trusted deputies were placed in charge of various departments. Several persons were in charge of the 'rebel army', and were stationed at different strategic parts of the district. The Pabna movement, in its formative phase, was lawful and non-violent, but as the League grew stronger, it became more violent. When the League activities threatened public peace, the government intervened to restore peace. In a proclamation of 4 July 1873 Sir George campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, declared his determination to protect the people from all coercion and extortion, and advised the zamindars to assert their claims by legal means only. The movement subsided in the face of police action and a famine that broke out in 1873-74.