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Natore Palace
Natore Rajbari (also known as Pagla Raja's Palace, Natore Palace) was a prominent royal palace in Natore, Bangladesh. It was the residence and seat of the Rajshahi Raj family of zamindars. The famous queen Rani Bhabani lived here and after the death of her husband, expanded both the estate and the palace. History In the mid seventeenth century one Kamadev Moitra served as tehsildar to the Puthia Raj family. Kamadev's second son Raghunandan Moitra was selected by the Raja to be his agent at the court of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, the overlord of all Bengal.''A Short History of Natore Raj'', Akshoy Kumar Moitra, Natore, 1912 When the Nawab moved his court from Dhaka to what became known as Murshidabad he took Raghunandan with him and appointed him his Dewan or minister. The Nawab proceeded to confiscate the estates of zamindars who failed to conform to his new regulations, and a number of such estates were acquired by Ramjivan Moitra, the elder brother of his Dewan Raghunandan.''Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajshahi
Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District, district. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh-India border, the city has a population of over 763,580 residents. The town is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population. Modern Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi lies in the ancient region of Pundravardhana. The foundation of the city dates to 1634, according to epigraphic records at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Makhdum. The area hosted a Dutch settlement in Rajshahi, Dutch settlement in the 18th century. The Rajshahi municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1876. It was a divisional capital of the Bengal Presidency. Rajshahi is a significant administrative, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dighapatia Raj
Dighapatia Raj (sometimes called ''Dighapatia Raj Paribar'' literally ''Dighapatia Royal Family'') was a zamindari in present-day Rajshahi, which was ruled by this dynasty of 7 generations of Rajas from early 18th century till the mid-20th century; when the democratic government took power after the end of the British Monarchy's rule in India, in 1950, the East Pakistan government abolished aristocracies and the zamindari system in present-day Bangladesh. The family was seated at the Dighapatia Palace. The family contributed largely to the development in education, infrastructure and culture of Rajshahi and North Bengal. They were especially famous for their generosity and public spirit. The Rajas built the Varendra Research Museum among other institutions of culture and education. The Rajas of Dighapatia were seated at the Dighapatia Palace. They received Maharaja title and Rai titles of honour from the Mughal Empire such as Raja, Maharaja and Raja Bahadur and other titles f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Bangladesh
This is an alphabetical list of museums in Bangladesh. List of Museum # Ahsan Manzil # Bagha Museum # Bangladesh Air Force Museum # Bangladesh Maritime Museum # Bangladesh Bank Taka Museum # Bangladesh Military Museum # Bangladesh National Museum # Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Library and Museum # Bogra District Council Museum # Bangabandhu Memorial Museum # Birisiri Upajatya Cultural Academy Museum (Near Mymensingh) # Chandpur Fisheries Museum # Comilla Rammala Museum # Cox's Bazar Fisheries Museum # Children's Museum (Shishu Academy) # Dhaka Nagar Jadughar # Dinajpur Museum # Ethnological Museum of Chittagong # Fish Museum & Biodiversity Centre # Folk Heritage Museum (Bangla Academy) # Faridpur Museum # Jamalpur Estate Museum, Thakurgoan # Jiraz Art Gallery # Kushtia Museum # Khulna Divisional Museum # Kishoreganj Museum # Lalbagh Fort # Liberation War Museum # Lokayon Museum # Archaeological Museum of Mahasthangarh # Mainamati # Michel Modhusudhan Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaces In Bangladesh
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Imperial residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (''palais'', ''palazzo'', ''palacio'', etc.), and many use it for a wider range of buildings than English. In many parts of Europe, the equivalent term is also applied to large private houses in cities, especially of the aristocracy; often the term for a large country house is different. Many historic palaces are now put to other uses such as parliaments, museums, hotels, or office buildings. The word is also sometimes used to describe a lavishly ornate building used for public entertainment or exhibitions such as a movie palace. A palace is distinguished from a castle while the latter clearly is fortified or has the style of a fortification, whereas a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archaeological Sites In Bangladesh
This is a list of archaeological sites in Bangladesh: Dhaka Division * Sat Gambuj Mosque * Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque * Bara Katra * Lalbagh Fort * Chhota Katra * Shahbaz Khan Mosque * Musa Khan Mosque * Northbrook Hall * Ruplal House * Rose Garden Palace * Bhajahari Lodge * Panam Nagar * Sonakanda Fort * Hajiganj Fort * Baliati Zamindari * Idrakpur Fort * Baba Adam's Mosque * Wari-Bateshwar ruins * Pathrail Mosque Chittagong Division * Shalban Vihara * Bariura Old Bridge Sylhet Division * Ghayebi Dighi Masjid * Shankarpasha Shahi Masjid Barisal Division * Nasrat Gazi Mosque * Qasba Mosque * Mahilara Sarkar Math * Kamalapur Mosque * Miah Bari Mosque * Bibi Chini Mosque * Collectorate Bhaban, Barishal Rajshahi Division * Bagha Mosque * Kismat Maria Mosque * Bara Anhik Mandir * Puthia Rajbari * Chota Anhik Mandir * Pancha Ratna Shiva Temple * Dol-Mandir * Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple * Somapura Mahavihara * Halud Vihara * Kusumba Mosque * Jagaddala Mahavihara * Utt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahsan Manzil
Ahsan Manzil is the erstwhile official residential palace and seat of the Nawab of Dhaka. The building is situated at Kumartoli along the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Construction was started in 1859 and was completed in 1872. It was constructed in the Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. It has been designated as a national museum. History In Mughal era, there was a garden house of Sheikh Enayet Ullah, the landlord of Jamalpur Porgona (district), in this place. Sheikh Enayet Ullah was a very charming person, who acquired a very big area in Kumartoli (Kumartuli) and included it in his garden house. Here he built a beautiful palace and named it "Rongmohol" (Rangmahal). He used to enjoy here keeping beautiful girls collected from the country and abroad, dressing them with gorgeous dresses and expensive ornaments. There is a saying that, the founder of Dhaka (representative of mughal emperor) was attracted to one of the girls. He invited Sheikh Enayet Ullah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajhat Palace
Tajhat Palace, Tajhat Rajbari, is a historic palace of Bangladesh, located in Tajhat, Rangpur. This palace now holds the Rangpur museum. Tajhat Palace is situated six km. south-east of the city of Rangpur, on the outskirts of town. Structure The palace, with about 76 metres frontage, rises two storeys and faces east. An imposing broad staircase in the centre, paved with imported white marble, leads directly above the portico to the upper storey. The palace is crowned by a ribbed conical dome in the centre of the roof with a tall octagonal neck, partly supported on a series of slender semi-Corinthian columns. The balustrade on either side of the imposing staircase was originally embellished with various sculptures of classical Roman figures in Italian marble, but now these are missing. There are two semi-octagonal projections at each end of the front face and a central projecting porch. The balcony roof above the porch is carried on four graceful Corinthian columns with round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Palaces
The following is a list of palaces by country. Afghanistan * Darul Aman Palace, Kabul – the country's most famous palace. * Tajbeg Palace – inaccurately known as the Queen's Palace in English * Arg Presidential Palace – Home of the president of Afghanistan Albania * Presidenca – official residential palace of the president of Albania. Armenia Urartu and Satrapy of Armenia * Erebuni Palace-Fortress * Haykaberd * Van Fortress Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) * Temple of Garni-Served as the Summer Palace of Khosrovidukht (sister of Tiridates III of Armenia) Bagratid Armenia *Kamsarakan Palace in Ani *Tigran Honents (Merchants) Palace * Dashtadem Palace * Amberd Castle Palace Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia * Korikos Castle Palace * Lampron Castle Palace-Ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes. * Levonkla Castle Palace * Mamure Castle Palace Armenian Melikdoms * Melik Haykaz Palace ( Melikashen) *Melik Ahnazar Palace (Khnatsakh) *Melik Kasu Palace * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttara Ganabhaban
The Uttara Ganabhaban ( bn, উত্তরা গণভবন, Uttora Gonobhobon, Northern People's House) is an 18th-century (1734) royal palace also known as Dighapatia Palace ( bn, দিঘাপতিয়া রাজবাড়ী, Dighapotiya Rajbari) as it was formerly the seat of the Dighapatia Raj, an aristocratic landed estate in the East Bengal of India. It is a fine example of a jomidar bari ( country house). It was built by Raja Doyaram who was the Dewan (minister) of Rani Bhavanee. It has a round clock on its front gate with a large bell and a clock room. The clock was imported from Italy. It also has a beautiful garden full of various foreign trees and Italian marble stone statues of women. It is located near Natore town in North Bengal. It serves as the principal residence of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister in the northern part of the country. It has been used as a ceremonial site for receiving foreign ambassadors. History There has been a house on the sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthia Rajbari
} Puthia Rajbari is a palace in Puthia Upazilla, Rajshahi in Bangladesh, built in 1895, for Rani Hemanta Kumari Debi, it is an example of Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. The palace is sited on the Rajshahi Natore highway 30 km from the east of the town and one km south from Rajshahi Natore highway. It is currently used by Lashkarpur Degree College but is in a poor state of repair. History Initially, Puthia was a village of Laskarpur Pargana, named after Laskar Khan Nilamber, the brother of the first zamindar of Puthia, who was the first to receive the title of Raja from the Mughal emperor Jahangir. A partition of the estate took place in 1744 and the zamindari was divided among 4 co shares among whom the panch ani (five annas) and char ani (four annas) co-shares become famous in conducting jamindary. Structure Puthia Rajbari is surrounded by ditches. The south end of an open field is where panch ani palace is situated. 4.31 acres of land was used for the Rajbari. The o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natore Royal Bloodline
Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 1825. Administrative Natore subdivision was established in 1825 under Rajshahi district, on the eve of the shifting of the headquarters. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, a battle was fought between the Pakistani army and the freedom fighters of Mukti Bahini on March 29. About 40 members of the Pakistani army including Major Aslam and Captain Ishaq were killed. On 5 May 1971 Pakistani Army killed 42 employees of North Bengal Sugar Mills ( Lalpur) including the general manager of the mill, Lieutenant Anwarul Azim. They were killed near a pond in the mill campus. The pond is now known as Shaheed Sagar, and there is a memorial beside the pond. Geography Most parts of Natore district are plain land. Chalan Beel, the largest beel i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dighapatia Palace
The Uttara Ganabhaban ( bn, উত্তরা গণভবন, Uttora Gonobhobon, Northern People's House) is an 18th-century (1734) royal palace also known as Dighapatia Palace ( bn, দিঘাপতিয়া রাজবাড়ী, Dighapotiya Rajbari) as it was formerly the seat of the Dighapatia Raj, an aristocratic landed estate in the East Bengal of India. It is a fine example of a jomidar bari ( country house). It was built by Raja Doyaram who was the Dewan (minister) of Rani Bhavanee. It has a round clock on its front gate with a large bell and a clock room. The clock was imported from Italy. It also has a beautiful garden full of various foreign trees and Italian marble stone statues of women. It is located near Natore town in North Bengal. It serves as the principal residence of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister in the northern part of the country. It has been used as a ceremonial site for receiving foreign ambassadors. History There has been a house on the sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
