Dewanhat is a popular

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Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

, Bangladesh. The name is an adjunct of the words

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word "Dewan" (a high government ministry) and "hat" (bazaar). It belongs to Double Mooring police station in the west adjacent to Postarpar of the city. Earlier, a bazaar was held here twice a week. In the beginning, the market was big, but now its size is getting smaller. Now there are markets for

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and various birds with

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and clay pots. Also, daily morning labourers and masons wait here for work.

History

Posta was an important gateway to the medieval port city of Chittagong. The word Posta comes from the

word "pust" meaning reverse side or back side. This adjective is also used as a place name in Persian tradition. The location of Postar Par in medieval times was towards the opposite side or back side of the city in view of the riverside port. From 1742 to 1751 during the Nawabi rule of Bengal, Maha Singh was the Diwan of the Mughal administrator in Chittagong. He was appointed Naib Subedar in 1753 and served till 1758. Maha Singh chose this place near Postarpar to set up the Dewanhat. Later Dewanhat was named after him as a memorial.

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* {{Chittagong landmarks Economy of Chittagong Bazaars in Bangladesh 1758 establishments