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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 ...
1886 – Mymensingh-Dhaka railway opens. [17] 1888 April: Tornado. [13] Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) rebuilt. [22] 1892 – 16 March: Jeanette Rummary (as Jeanette Van Tassell) makes the first balloon ascension and parachute jump in Dhaka's history as a member of a travelling aerial exhibition led by Park Van Tassel. [23] 1897 – 12 June ...
A public museum showcasing the life of Dhaka's elite in the 18th and 19th centuries is now housed inside the arch's three floors. [9] It was opened in January 2019. The ground floor includes video presentations, records of Dhaka's history and tributes to the founders of the Asiatic Society.
Old Dhaka is under the administration of Dhaka South City Corporation. Old Dhaka is bounded by the areas of Mohammadpur on the west, Dhanmondi , New Market , Shahbagh , Ramna , Motijheel and Sabujbagh on the north, Jatrabari and Shyampur on the east, adding also Kamrangir Char Thana and Keraniganj Upazila on the south.
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.
Nawab's Dilkusha Garden, Dhaka (1904) by Fritz Kapp. The Nawabs of Dhaka were Persian and Urdu-speaking [2] [3] [4] aristocrats tracing their ancestry to Kashmiri Khan Mughal merchants who arrived in Mughal Bengal during the reign of emperor Muhammad Shah to pursue trade, but eventually settled in the districts of Dhaka, Sylhet and Bakerganj.
Surrender of the Pakistan army and liberation of Dhaka. 22 December: The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile. 1972: 9 February: The 25-year Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace is signed in Dhaka. 10 January: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh. 17 March: Indian army leaves Dhaka. 19 ...
Dhaka muslin was immensely popular and sold across the globe for millennia. Muslin from "India" is mentioned in the book Periplus of the Erythraean Sea , authored by an anonymous Egyptian merchant around 2,000 years ago, it was appreciated by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and the fabled fabric was the pinnacle of European fashion in the 18th ...