Historical Places in Dhaka
Introduction
It’s a presentation about the important historical places of ancient Dhaka. There are so many places which are really worthy of drawing our attention. But it is a mammoth task to sort out the important one among the many more. Here we tried to highlight most of the important historical places according to their glorious past and profound impact on the later life of the people living in this arena. Such as, the description of Lalbagh Fort reminds us our glorious past when people of Bengal used to lead a happy life as the subject of Shaista Khan. Ahsan Manjil which is still standing by the mighty river Buriganga, lets us know about Nawab Khwaja Ahsanullah who was a great philanthropist, especially who paved the way of establishing of The University of Dhaka by allotting such a massive area where Dhaka University is still functioning. Sonargaon of Issa Khan presents the happy picture of Bengal during his reign when people used to live in a perpetual bondage of happy life. Hoseni Dalan, Baitul Mukarram and Star Masjid and Dhakesswari temple etc. are the religious places for people. The Central Shahid Minar near Dhaka Medical College, The National Memorial at Savar, The Suhrawardi Udyan by Dhaka University and the Martyred Intellectual Memorial at Mirpur are really the golden witness of our Liberation war which occurred in 1971.
Ahsan Monjil
Ahsan Manzil, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Shyamal Roy says: The palace has enjoyed a varied history, starting from being Rang Mahal (of Sheikh Enayetullah, a Zamindar of Jamalpur pargana (Barisal) during the time of the Mughals) to a French trading centre. Nawab Khwaja Alimullah bought it from the French in 1830 and converted it into his residence, effecting necessary reconstruction and renovations. The final reconstruction was done by Martin.
It’s a presentation about the important historical places of ancient Dhaka. There are so many places which are really worthy of drawing our attention. But it is a mammoth task to sort out the important one among the many more. Here we tried to highlight most of the important historical places according to their glorious past and profound impact on the later life of the people living in this arena. Such as, the description of Lalbagh Fort reminds us our glorious past when people of Bengal used to lead a happy life as the subject of Shaista Khan. Ahsan Manjil which is still standing by the mighty river Buriganga, lets us know about Nawab Khwaja Ahsanullah who was a great philanthropist, especially who paved the way of establishing of The University of Dhaka by allotting such a massive area where Dhaka University is still functioning. Sonargaon of Issa Khan presents the happy picture of Bengal during his reign when people used to live in a perpetual bondage of happy life. Hoseni Dalan, Baitul Mukarram and Star Masjid and Dhakesswari temple etc. are the religious places for people. The Central Shahid Minar near Dhaka Medical College, The National Memorial at Savar, The Suhrawardi Udyan by Dhaka University and the Martyred Intellectual Memorial at Mirpur are really the golden witness of our Liberation war which occurred in 1971.
Ahsan Monjil
Ahsan Manzil, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Shyamal Roy says: The palace has enjoyed a varied history, starting from being Rang Mahal (of Sheikh Enayetullah, a Zamindar of Jamalpur pargana (Barisal) during the time of the Mughals) to a French trading centre. Nawab Khwaja Alimullah bought it from the French in 1830 and converted it into his residence, effecting necessary reconstruction and renovations. The final reconstruction was done by Martin.