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Pohela Falgun is celebrated in old Dhaka. [34] Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts is a historic art school in Old Dhaka. [35] The Dhaka Central Jail, which has been closed down now houses a museum. [36] The jail was founded in 1788 as a criminal ward. when it closed in 2016 it housed over 8 thousand prisoners. [37] Shakrain is a festival of kite in ...
Karachi (/ k ə ˈ r ɑː tʃ i /; Urdu: کراچی [kə.ɾɑː.t͡ʃiː]; Sindhi: ڪراچي ; IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.
Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
The historical Bahadur Shah Park is located in Laxmibazar, Old Dhaka, under ward 42 of Dhaka South City Corporation. [1] It features two entrances and two main memorials: the tallest one on the eastern side commemorates the martyred sepoys, and the other is the Khwaja Hafizullah obelisk.
Siraj ud-Daulah Park, Old Dhaka, [37] Bangladesh Siraj-ud-Doula Hall, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University , [ 38 ] Bangladesh Nawab Siraj Ud-Daulah College, Kushtia , Bangladesh
Chittagong Colony (Urdu: چٹگاؤں کالونی, Bengali: চিটাগাং কলোনি) is a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The name comes probably because people of Chittagong origin might have settled there first. [1] Mostly Bangladeshi things dominate this, which is part of S.I.T.E. Town in the west of the city.
The Qassabtuly Mosque is one of the most ornate mosques in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.It's gloriously inscribed decorations are delicate and one of a kind. [1] [2]The foundation of the Qassabtuly Jam-e-Masjid (Hijri 1338), laid by Abdul Bari Bepari and others and situated in old town Dhaka in Bangladesh, was built in the year of 1919. [3]
In 1962, Dhaka was made the legislative capital of the country due to East Pakistan's high population. [ 3 ] The reasons for relocating the capital from Karachi are that it would reflect the diversity of the Pakistani people, it would be separated from the business and commercial activity of Karachi, and also it would be easily accessible from ...