HISTORICAL PLACE OF BANGLADESH

 Shait Gambuj Mosque

 

The Sixty Dome Mosque (more commonly known as Shait Gambuj Mosque or Saith Gunbad Masjid) is a mosque in Bangladesh, the largest in that country from the Sultanate period. It has been described as the most impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of the Indian subcontinent.
In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the unfriendly mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the coastline in the Bagerhat district by an obscure saint-General, named Jahan. He preached in an affluent city during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, then known as 'Khalifalabad'. Khan Jahan adorned this city with more than a dozen mosques, the spectacular ruins of which are focused around the most imposing and largest multidomed mosques in Bangladesh, known as the Shait-Gumbad Masjid (160'×108'). The construction of the mosque was started in 1442 and it was completed in 1459.The mosque was used for prayer purposes. It was also used as a madrasha and assembly hall.

 Sonargaon

On the Dhaka-Chittagong highway about 29 km from Dhaka, Sonargaon is one of the oldest capitals of Bengal. It was the seat of Deva Dynasty until the 13th century. From that century onward till the advent of the Mughals, Sonargaon was the subsidiary capital of the Sultanate of Bengal.

Jatio sriti shoudho

Jatio Sriti Shoudho or National Martyrs' Memorial is the national monument of Bangladesh is the symbol in the memory of the valour and the sacrifice of all those who gave their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.

Dhakeshwari temple

    

Dhakeshwari Temple (11th Century) situated at the place where the old part of Dhaka meets the new part. This is the oldest Hindu temple in Dhaka City. The name Dhakeshwari is also associated with the origin of the name Dhaka.

Ahsan Manzil Museum

The pink Majestic Ahsan Manzil is situated on the bank of river Buriganga in Dhaka . It was the home of the Nawab of Dhaka. Nawab Abdul Ghani named Ahsan Manzil after his son Nawab Ahsanullah. It has 31 rooms with a huge dome atop. It now has 23 galleries displaying portraits, furniture and household articles and utensils used by the Nawab family.

Baitul Mukarram

Baitul Mukarram mosque is the National mosque of Bangladesh . A mosque without dome over the roof of its main prayer hall must have been unique experiment. The main building is storied and 99 feet high from the ground level. The absence of  a dome  on the main building is compensated by the two shallow domed entrance porticoes, one on the south, and other one on the north. The mehrab of the hall is rectangular instead of semi-circular. The Baitul Mukarram mosque is modern in its architectural style. But it has not discarded traditional principles of mosque architecture. It has found its place in the hearts of the Muslims because of its resemblance with famous Kaba at Makkah.

CAPITAL DHAKA

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the Buriganga River in the heart of the Bengal delta, Dhaka has an estimated population of more than 15 million people, making it the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the largest cities in the world. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia. It is known as the City of Mosques, and with 400,000 cycle-rickshaws running on its streets every day, the city is described as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Dhaka is also one of the world's most densely populated cities.

The Old City of Dhaka was the Mughal capital of Bengal in the 17th-century. It was named in honour of Emperor Jahangir. The city flourished as a centre of the worldwide muslin trade and attracted merchants from across the world. The modern city developed during the British Raj in the 19th-century and was dominated by the Nawabs of Dhaka. After the Partition of British India in 1947, Dhaka became the administrative capital of East Pakistan. It became the focal point of nationalist, civil disobedience and pro-democracy movements throughout the 1950s-60s, which culminated in the Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Dhaka is Bangladesh's seat of government. It plays a central role in the Bangladeshi economy, alongside the port city of Chittagong. The city constitutes the political cultural and scientific heart of the nation. It is home to acclaimed national landmarks, including the Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the University of Dhaka (once known as the Oxford of the East), the Liberation War Museum, the National Museum, the Shaheed Minar and the Lalbagh Fort .[14]

In recent decades, Dhaka has been experiencing an influx of people from across the nation, making it one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the world. The city has been attracting greater volumes of foreign investment and trade; and has been witnessing the modernization of transport and communications, with the Dhaka Metro and the Dhaka Elevated Expressway under-construction. However, the city continues to face substantial challenges of congestion, poverty, overpopulation and pollution.