Once the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and
Maharaja Pratapaditya was at
Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur. It was the capital city from 1590 to 1610. The first Catholic Church of Bengal was built in Ishwaripur in 1599. The Portuguese soldiers of
Pratapaditya initiated the building process of the church. After the fall of
Pratapaditya the area surrounding Iswaripur emerged as forest and people started going away from the area. The
Mughal Foujders and the
Jamiders also retreated from the area. Then there was no worship in the
Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. Eventually, the area was used by local robbers as a hiding place. The robbers worshiped the goddess Kali at that time. After some hundred years, somehow people from other villages came and worshiped the goddess. As the days past, there was a village situated surrounding the Temple. This village was known as
Jessoreshwaripur, now known as Ishwaripur.The village has a long heritage of social harmony. The Kali Temple, the catholic Church and the Tenga Mosque played an important role for the said harmonious relationship of the people of the village. In 1919, at the time of
British rule, a post office (Ishwaripur Post Office) was placed in the village. == Geography ==