Mirpur DOHS is a neighborhood of Dhaka North, situated in
Mirpur Thana
Mirpur ( bn, মীরপুর/মিরপুর) is a ''thana'' of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Pallabi Thana to the north, Mohammadpur Thana to the south, Kafrul to the east, and Savar Upazila to the west.
History
Mirpur thana ...
of
Dhaka City
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
. The area is under the jurisdiction of
Pallabi Thana
Pallabi ( bn, পল্লবি) is a ''thana'' of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pallabi Thana total area is , located in between 23°48' and 23°52' north latitudes and in between 90°20' and 90°23' east longitudes.
It ...
Police Station.
The administration of the area is under the cantonment board.
The Neighborhood is located close to
Mirpur Cantonment
Mirpur Cantonment is a Bangladesh military cantonment located in Mirpur Thana, Dhaka. Mirpur DOHS is located beside the cantonment.
Institutions
* National Defence College
*Defence Services Command and Staff College
* Inter Service Selection Boar ...
. The Postal Code for Mirpur DOHS is 1216.
History
The area is governed by Mirpur DOHS (Defence Officer's Housing Scheme)
parishad. It is the largest DOHS in the country with a total of 1290 individual lots. The Government allocated 37 lots to the relatives of 37 officers killed in the
BDR Mutiny
The Bangladesh Rifles revolt (also referred to as the Pilkhana tragedy) was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a paramilitary force mainly tasked with guarding the borders of Bangla ...
and an additional 20 apartments were allocated to ten families, 2 each. In 2015 Bangladesh Police busted a human trafficking ring based in Mirpur DOHS, rescuing 46 victims.
Notable Places
*Sarkar Bari Mosque
*Mirpur DOHS central mosque
*Mirpur Cantonment
*Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
*Mirpur DOHS Mosque No. 3
*Mirpur DOHS Shopping Complex
*Mirpur Cantonment public school and college (MCPSC)
*Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
*Play ground
*New York Resttruent
References
Neighbourhoods in Dhaka
Dhaka
DOHSes in Dhaka
{{Dhaka-geo-stub