Top Visiting Places in Dhaka City

Posted by FLATOUE JENNY on February 26th, 2019

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is a thriving, delightful and overcrowded metropolis of about
18 million people. This biggest city is the center of couture and economy of Bangladesh. A casual
visitor can be overwhelmed at the first sight of this gloriously chaotic and noisy place but once he
ride into the back of one of its innumerable colorful cycle rickshaws, he will surely feel the true charm
of this city. The old part of the town or Old Dhaka has a wide range of architectural heritage of
Mughal and Colonial period. For myriad mosques, it’s called the city of mosques. Its mosque and
temple represents its spiritual side and the modernization and development of the city in last couple
of decades give a glimpse of the direction of future travel. If you are a photographer, this city is a
paradise for you. You will find numerous subjects here to shoot. As it was the center of the liberation
movements of Bangladesh, this city houses some important national monuments and structures. If
you want to visit Dhaka and experience the true charm of this colorful city, here is a list of 10 places
that you must visit in Dhaka.

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Ahsan Manzil
Lalbag Fort:
The Mosque
The tomb of Pari Bibi
The Residence of the Governor:
Secret Tunnels in Lalbag Fort:
Dhakeshwari National Temple
National Parliament House:
National Zoo:
National Botanical Garden:
Star Mosque:
National Memorial at Savar:
Sonargaon:
Ahsan Manzil

Once the official residential palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka, now Ahsan Manzil or the Pink Palace is a museum and one of the most visited places in Dhaka. The 5.5 acre premise of this palace bears the significance as an architectural reminder of the elite life of the Nawabs of Dhaka during the colonial era of 19^th and early 20^th century. In 1872, the patriarch of the Nawab family, Abdul Ghani  (1813-1896), constructed the family’s official residence on the bank of the River Buriganga in old Dhaka and named the palace after his son Nawab Khwaja Ahsanullah (1846-1901). It’s mostly European styled building mixed with some decorative Indian motifs. Its soaring dome appears to be more about impressing the viewer on the exterior, rather than within the interior. Many important persons of the Colonial period either visited or stayed here. Viceroy Lord Nathaniel Curzon was one of them. He stayed here as a guest of Nawab Salimullah Bahadur in 1904. In 1906 Muslim leaders from all over India congregated at the Durbar Hall of Ahsan Manzil for the 20^th Session of the All India Mohammedan Educational  Conference in Dhaka.  In the same year here the All India Muslim League was formed that later lead the creation of Pakistan-when the British left the Indian subcontinent in 1947. 16 years after its erection, it was damaged by a cyclone. After its reconstruction, the palace became grander than before. After the death of the nawab and his son, the family fortune was dispersed and the palace eventually fell into disrepair. As the influence and the prestige of the Nawabs declined in the 20^th century and the descendants of the Nawabs became too poor to look after such a vast property, The then Government took over this palace in 1952. However, the poor descendants of the Nawab family and the poor local people, continued to hold the palace until the 1970s. They inflicted much harm to the building by indiscriminately altering its configuration. In 1985 the Government of acquired the property and after much deliberation decided to convert it into a national museum. The preservation work completed in 1989 and Ahsan Manzil started it’s journey as a museum in 1992.

This 17^th century incomplete Mughal fort is the most popular and renowned one and bears a great significance of art by Mughal Empire in Bangladesh. It stands proudly before the Buriganga River in the southwestern part of the old city. In 1678 a Mughal prince Muhammad Azam started the fort’s construction work during his vice royalty in Bangladesh. But the construction work remained incomplete when he was called back by his father Aurangazeb to the capital Delhi. His son Shaista Khan did not complete the fort though he stayed here up to 1688. In 1684 his daughter Pari Bibi died. After her death, he started thinking the fort ominous and left the structure incomplete. There are several structures in the fort area:

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