Rajbari Railway Station
Rajbari may refer to: * Rajbari District, a district of Dhaka Division in Bangladesh * Rajbari Sadar Upazila Rajbari Sadar ( bn, রাজবাড়ী সদর) is an upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Rajbari Sadar is located at . It has 48513 households and total area 313 km2. Demographics As of the 19 ...

Rajbari District
Rajbari ( bn, রাজবাড়ী) is a district in central Bangladesh, located in the Dhaka Division. It is a part of the Greater Faridpur subregion of Bengal due to the historical, linguistic and cultural identities of its inhabitants. History During the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir, a fief in Padamdi was decreed to the family of an Iraqi Muslim immigrant by the name of Syed Shah Pahlwan in 1607. The zamindari family, known as the Nawabs of Padamdi actively commanded the artillery and served the Mughal army, eventually leading to Emperor Shah Jahan bestowing them the title of Mir. Rajbari in the Bengali language means palace, and pays homage to the rich zamindari families that feudally ruled modern-day Rajbari. In the 17th century, the Mughal governor of Bengal, Shaista Khan, appointed Sangram Shah of Panchthupi as the ''Nawara'' of what is present-day Rajbari in order to suppress the Portuguese pirates. The Nawara settled permanently in the populated neighbourhood ...
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