Ashaghi Garagala was a village in the territory of the Borchali uezd of the former Tiflis governorate, later in the former Vorontsovka (Kalinino) district, and present-day Lori province. After being merged with the village of Yukhari Garagala in 1930, it was named “Garagala”. It was integrated into the Jalaloghlu (Stepanavan) district until 1937.

The village was inhabited by 135 Azerbaijanis in 1926 and 71 Azerbaijanis in 1931.

The toponym was coined by combining the words “gara” meaning the black colour in Turkic and “gala” meaning “a fort”. “Ashaghi” at the beginning of the toponym denotes a distinctive feature.