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Hakim Habibur Rahman was the writer of the celebrated Urdu book Dhaka, Panchas Baras Pahle - a detailed history of Old Dhaka and its people, culture and traditions. Two dialects of Bengali and Urdu emerged in Old Dhaka during the Mughal period due to the interactions between the Urdu and Bengali speakers.
Dhaka has also hosted the South Asian Games three times, in 1985, 1993 and 2010. Dhaka is the first city to host the games three times. The Bangabandhu National Stadium was the main venue for all three editions. [291] Dhaka also hosted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, along with Chittagong and Sylhet, in 2014. [292]
Dhaka's annual cultural events, festivals, and celebrations are Independence Day (26 March), the International Mother language Day (21 February), Victory Day, Pohela Boishakh, Ekushey Book Fair, Dhaka Art Summit, Rabindra Joyonti, and Nazrul Joyonti; the Hindu festivals including the Durga Puja, Janmashtami, and Rathayatra; the Muslim festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Milad-un-Nabi, Shab ...
People from Dhaka by occupation (8 C) M. Members of the Dhaka Nawab family (1 C, 19 P) N. Nawabs of Dhaka (9 P) Pages in category "People from Dhaka"
The Greater Dhaka region was under the kingdom of Vanga and Gangaridai in ancient period. [8] Archaeological excavations in 2017–2018 inside the former Old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka revealed some glazed and rolled potteries which are similar to what were found in ancient Mahasthangarh and, Wari-Bateshwar ruins in Bangladesh, and other ruins in India, Malaysia ...
Unhappy with their wages and living conditions, revolting paramilitary forces killed more than 70 people in the capital Dhaka, most of whom were army officers. The mutiny, as it was called, which ...
People from Dhaka (3 C, 174 P) S. People from Savar Upazila (9 P) Pages in category "People from Dhaka District" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Hajong people are an ethnic group from northern parts of Bangladesh. The Hajongs community lives mostly in the Mymensingh and Sylhet districts of Bangladesh and are predominantly rice farmers. In Bangladesh, Hajongs are also found in the northern Dhaka division, although there are unconfirmed reports of some Hajong living in Chittagong ...