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:: Ahsan Manjil
Built
in 1872 and standing on the river Buriganga,
this stately building offers the visitors
a feeling of the life-style of the Nawabs
of Dhaka. Sometimes known as the Pink Palace,
this building now houses a splendid museum.
Basically, it was the residence of the Nawabs.
Nawab Abdul Gani renovated this building in
the year 1872 and named it after his
son Khaza Ahasanullah.
[Ahsan
Manjil] |
On the bank of river
Buriganga in Dhaka the Pink majestic,
Ahsan Manjil has been renovated and
turned into a museum recently. It
is an epitome of the nation's rich
cultural heritage.
Todays renovated Ahsan Manjil a monument
of immense historical beauty. |
It
has 31 rooms with a huge dome atop which can
be seen from
miles around. It now has 23 galleries in 31
rooms displaying of traits, furniture and
household articles and utensils used by the
Nawab.
Open
9 am- 5 pm from Saturday to Wednesday and
3-5 pm on Friday. Thursday is close.
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Lalbagh Fort
The
fort of Aurangabad, popularly known as the
Lalbagh Fort, was built in 1678 AD by the
then Viceroy of Bengal Prince Mohammad Azam,
son of the Mughal Emperor Aurangazeb. The
fort has a three storied structure with slender
minarets at the South Gate. It has many hidden
passages and a mosque of massive structure.
Outstanding among the monuments of the Lalbagh
Fort are the Tomb of Pari Bibi (Fairy lady)
and Audience room and Hummam Khana (bathing
place) of Nawab Shaista Khan, now housing
a museum.
The fort was the scene of bloody
battle during the first war of independence
(1857) when 260 spays stationed here backed
by the people revolted against British forces.
It is one of the great historical places of
Mughal era. A small museum is there in this
fort where you will find the clothes and weapons
of the Mughols.
Lalbagh fort is in the old town of Dhaka at
Lalbagh. It is open
10 am-5 pm Sunday to Friday & Saturday
is closed.
The
capital city Dhaka predominantly was a city
of the Mughals. In hundred years of their
vigorous rule successive Governors and princely
Viceroys who ruled the province, adorned it
with many noble monuments in the shape of
magnificent places, mosques, tombs, fortifications
and 'Katras' often surrounded with beautifully
laid out gardens and pavilions. Among these,
few have survived the ravages of time, aggressive
tropical climate of the land and vandal hands
of man.
[Lalbagh
Fort - Dhaka] |
But
the finest specimen of this period
is the Aurangabad Fort [commonly known
as Lalbagh Fort], which indeed represents
the unfulfilled dream of a Mughal
Prince. It occupies the southwestern
part of the old city, overlooking
the Buriganga on whose northern bank
it stands as a silent sentinel of
the old city. |
Rectangular
in plan, it encloses an area of 1082' by 800'
and in addition to its graceful lofty gateways
on southeast and northeast corners and a subsidiary
small unpretentious gateway on north, it also
contains within its fortified perimeter a
number of splendid monuments, surrounded by
attractive garden. These are a small 3-domed
mosque, the mausoleum of Bibi Pari the reputed
daughter of Nawab Shaista Khan and the Hammam
and Audience Hall of the Governor. The main
purpose of this fort was to provide a defensive
enclosure of the palatial edifices of the
interior and as such was a type of palace-fortress
rather than a siege fort.
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[Shahid Minar]
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Symbol
of Bengali nationalism. This monument
was built to commemorate the martyrs
of the historic Language movement
of 1952. Hundreds and thousands of
people with floral wreaths and bouquet
gather on 21 February every year to
pay respect in a solemn atmosphere.
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