Bashnali is a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Gamarli (Artashat) district, and currently in the Ararat province. The provincial centre lies 4 km to the northwest of the town of Gamarli, at a height of 850 m above sea level. It was marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book”, and on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. Historically, the village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis. In 1829–1832 Armenians were removed from the Iranian areas of Salmas and Khoy and settled there.

Along with the Armenians, the village was also inhabited by 30 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 85 in 1873, 56 in 1886, 70 in 1897 and 85 Azerbaijanis in 1904. In March 1918 the Azerbaijanis were deported having been exposed to genocide by Armenian Bolshevik units. The surviving inhabitants of the village managed to return to the village following the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenian territory. The village was inhabited by 14 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 10 in 1926 and seven Azerbaijanis in 1931. In the 1940s the Azerbaijanis were completely driven out from Armenia. At present, only Armenians live there.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the name of the Turkic “Bashnali” tribe.

The village was renamed “Baghramyan” by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 1 December 1949. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Ararat province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude: 39°58’ N., longitude: 44°31’ E.