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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 ...
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]
Poetry and literature in Standard Urdu grew popularity in Dhaka with the presence of organisations such as the Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu and the patronising of it by Dhaka's Nawabs, Sardars and Zamindars such as Khwaja Abdul Ghani and Mir Ashraf Ali. The 19th-century poet Mirza Ghalib of Agra was a close friend of Dhaka's poet Khwaja Haider Jan ...
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.
Borhani (Bengali: বোরহানী) is a traditional yogurt-like [1] drink from Bangladesh. [2] Borhani is made from sour doi, green chili, mustard seeds, black salt, coriander and mint. [3]
As Dhaka expanded and better opportunities arose elsewhere, many families relocated to other areas within the city. [ 11 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] [ 12 ] In 2012, Wari Thana was established with a population of approximately 2.6 lakh residents.
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.
Khilkhet Thana (Bengali: খিলক্ষেত থানা) is a thana (sub-district) of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was created in 2005. It was created in 2005. [ 5 ]