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[name] => Hussaini Dalan
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Hussaini Dalan (হোসেনী দালান), some people pronounce as Hosaini Dalan, is another edifice from Dhaka. This is located beside the Nazimuddin Road of Old Dhaka. It is believed as a Shia Shrine, and was built during 17th century. There is a pond in front of the building.
It was built by Syed Murad during the governorship of Shah Shuja to commemorate the martyrdom of Al-Hussain, the grandson of our holly prophet Muhammad. Shah Shuja was a Sunni Muslim, but he had a predilection for Shia and patronized several such institutions.
This building has gone through several renovation and none of its antiquity left for the visitors. People only used to visit this place for its historical value. During the British period it was repaired heavily at 1807 and 1810. Also during the massive earthquake of 1897 caused a severe damage over this edifice. Now a days it just looks like a modern day's building covering with rich tiles with heavy ornate. The Photograph was taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 with a view of the Imambara Hussaini Dalan in Dacca (now Dhaka), overlooking the tank.
During the first 10 days of Muharram, Shia people used to gather at this place to mourn for Al-Hussain. Though it’s a festival of Shia people, but local Sunni people used to join with them and bemoan with them. This ends at the day of Ashura. More about this building and festival is available at Wikipedia.
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[name] => Tajhat Zamindar Palace
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Few of the attractions in Bangladesh are as stately, large and beautiful as the Tajhat Zamindar Palace. This historical palace was built near the beginning of the 20th century. It is situated roughly three kilometers south east of Rangpur’s city center and currently serves as a museum for the public.
The front of this impressive edifice is about 76 meters long and two stories high. A ribbed conical dome supported by a tall octagonal neck is located in the center of the roof and crowns the palace. These are just some of the extraordinary features that continue to attract visitors from around the world to this small corner of the globe. The incredible architectural skill that went into the building and design of this 100-year-old palace is truly something special and visitors often find themselves stunned by the craftsmanship that is found in this amazing structure. It is hard to believe that all this, and the surrounding city, all started as a simple bit of trade involving hats.
Sometime during the 18th century a man by the name of Manna Lal Roy traveled from Punjab in India as a cap or hat merchant.There was a massive cap bazaar where trade was regularly conducted about half a kilometer southwest of Mahiganj and this was where he set up shop. The area was known appropriately as taj (cap) hat (bazaar) and the name has always stuck. Manna Lal Roy was a shrewd businessman who managed to amass quite a bit of wealth through his cap sales. In fact he became so rich that he was able to loan many of the viceroys in the region money during the famine of 1770-1790. This gave him immense power and influence and eventually led to him becoming the founder of the Tajhat dynasty. In the 1900s, one of his indirect heirs, GobindaLal Roy, became the last viceroy and Raja of Tajhat. GobindaLal Roy was the most educated viceroy to ever take his position and under his authority Tajhat flourished. It is thought that the Tajhat Palace was built under his rule.
There are a number of features of the palace that testify to the incredible wealth of the Lal Roy viceroy. Apart from the building’s immense size, the wide stairs that climb to the second story on the front of the building are made of marble. Beautiful pictures can be found on doors and windows.
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[name] => Balapur Zamindar House
[post_id] => 17404
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In different location of Narsingdi district there are a number of Archaeological sites which attract traveler and explorer to visit these places recurrently. Balapur Zamindar House (বালাপুর জমিদার বাড়ি) is one of the old palatial buildings in this district. If someone interested to visit the oldest buried civilization area in Bangladesh named as Wari-Bateshwar, then it would be better to take a glance at Balapur Zamindar House while moving there. It’s situated at Balapur village, Madhabdi Upazila of Narsingdi district.
This Zamindar House was built by local Zamindar named 'Nobin Chandra Saha' in 1906. It is also known as Zamindar Kali Babur Bari (কালী বাবুর বাড়ি). It’s a complex of buildings scattered in a particular zone. Basically, most of the buildings are three storied and some are one or two storied. Dept. of Archaeology in Bangladesh doesn’t announced it as a protected site yet. So like many others old houses in Bangladesh it is on the way of ruining.
No matter how decorative and ornamented this house is, it’s almost abandoned and some people who living in this house are so called ancestor of Zamindari estate at Balapur. Some local people are selling all the floor tiles made by white stone desperately.
But, Still today this beautiful palace standing with its own identity and spreading the essence of colonial palatial architecture in Bengal. If proper steps being taken this structure can be preserved & conserved for the future exhibiotion.
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The Jainta Rajbari and Kingdom extended from the east of the Shillong Plateau of present-day Meghalaya in north-east India, into the plains to the south, and north to the Barak River valley in Assam, India. It was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835.
The capital, Jaintiapur, now ruined, was located on the plains at the foot of the Jaintia Hills; it appears there may have been a summer capital at Nartiang in the Jaintia Hills, but little remains of it now apart from a Durga temple and a nearby site with many megalithic structures. Much of what is today the Sylhet region of Bangladesh was at one time under the jurisdiction of the Jaintia king.
The origin of the Jaintia kingdom is unknown, but the Jaintia people share a megalithic culture with the related Khasi people on the Shillong plateau which is of uncertain age, but their common oral history claims that they settled the region in the distant past. After the 17th century invasion by the Kachari king Satrudaman, the Jaintia kingdom came under increasing Kachari and Ahom political influence.
The British came into contact with the Jaintia kingdom upon receiving the Diwani of Bengal in 1765 (Gurdon 1914:xiv). Jaintiapur, currently in Bangladesh, was the capital. The kingdom extended from the hills into the plains north of the Barak River (Gait 1906:253). The quarries in their possession was the chief supplier of lime to the delta region of Bengal, but with the British, the contact was not very smooth, and they were attacked in 1774. Subsequently, the Jaintias were increasingly isolated from the plains via a system of forts as well as via a regulation of 1799 (Gurdon 1914:xiv-xv).
After the conclusion of the First Anglo-Burmese War, the British allowed the Jaintia king his rule north of the Surma River (Gait 1906:284). The kingdom was finally annexed on March 15, 1835 (Gait 1906:302). The king was handed over his property in Sylhet along with a monthly salary of Rs 500. The British administered the plain areas directly and the hill region indirectly via a system of fifteen dolois and four sardars. The fifteen administrators were free to adjudicate on all but the most heinous crimes.
The capital of Jainta Kingdom was in Jaintapur. It was the palace of Kings of Jainta. It is close to Jainta Bazar. Though the palace is damaged but tourist visit there for witnessing the history of Kings of Jainta. Jaintiapur is only 5 km from Jaflong, a scenic spot amidst tea gardens.
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জৈন্তা রাজ্য বিস্তৃত ছিল উত্তরপূর্ব ভারতের শিলং মালভূমির (বর্তমান মেঘালয়) পূর্বপ্রান্ত থেকে আসামের বারাক নদীর উপত্যকার দক্ষিন ও উত্তরপ্রান্ত পর্যন্ত। ইংরেজ ইস্ট ইন্ডিয়া কোম্পানি ১৮৩৫ সালে এই রাজ্যটি দখল করে নেয়। বর্তমানে ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত এই রাজ্যের রাজধানী জৈন্তিয়াপুরের অবস্থান ছিল জৈন্তা পাহাড়ের পাদদেশে। ধারনা করা হয়ে থাকে যে জৈন্তা পাহাড়ের নারটিয়াং এ ছিল এই রাজ্যের গ্রীষ্মকালীন রাজধানী। তবে এখানে একটি দুর্গা মন্দির এবং কিছু মধ্যযুগীয় স্থাপনা ছাড়া আর কিছুই অবশিষ্ট নেই। বর্তমান বাংলাদেশের সিলেট অঞ্চলের বেশীরভাগ এলাকাই একসময় জৈন্তা রাজার অধীনে ছিল।
জৈন্তা রাজ্যের উৎপত্তি সম্পর্কে জানা না গেলেও এখানকার মানুষেরা শিলং মালভূমির খাসিয়া সম্প্রদায়ের মানুষদের সাথে মধ্যযুগীয় সংস্কৃতি পালন করত। তবে, ইতিহাস ঘেঁটে জানা যায় যে এসব মানুষেরা এই অঞ্চলে অনেক আগেই বসত গড়েছিল। ১৭শ শতাব্দীর পর কাচারির রাজা শত্রু দমনের অভিযানের পর জৈন্তা রাজ্যে কাচারি এবং আহম দের রাজনৈতিক প্রভাব স্পষ্ট হয়।
১৭৬৫ সালে (গুরদন ১৯১৪:xiv) বাংলার শাসনভার গ্রহনের পর ইংরেজরা জৈন্তা রাজ্যের প্রতি মনোনিবেশ করে এবং বর্তমান বাংলাদেশের জৈন্তাপুরকে এ রাজ্যের রাজধানী হিসেবে প্রতিষ্ঠা করে। এই রাজ্যটি পাহাড় থেকে বারাক নদীর উত্তরে সমভূমি পর্যন্ত বিস্তৃত ছিল। (গাইট ১৯০৬:২৫৩)। এখানকার খনিগুলো থেকে বাংলায় চুনাপাথর সরবরাহ করা হলেও ১৭৭৪ সালে ইংরেজরা আক্রমনের শিকার হলে এই সরবরাহ ব্যবস্থা কঠিন হয়ে পড়ে। পরবর্তীতে দুর্গের মাধ্যমে এবং ১৭৯৯ সালে প্রণীত একটি রেগুলেশনের মাধ্যমে মূল ভূমি থেকে জৈন্তাদের পৃথক করে রাখা হয় (গুরদন ১৯১৪: xiv-xv)।
প্রথম অ্যাংলো-বার্মিজ যুদ্ধের সমাপ্তির পর ইংরেজরা জৈন্তা রাজাকে সুরমা নদীর উত্তর প্রান্ত শাসন করার অনুমতি প্রদান করে(গাইট ১৯০৬:২৮৪)। ১৮৩৫ সালের ১৫ই মার্চ ইংরেজরা এই রাজ্যটি পুরোপুরি দখল করে নেয় (গাইট ১৯০৬:৩০২)। জৈন্তা রাজাকে সিলেটে তাঁর সম্পত্তি বুঝিয়ে দেওয়া হয় এবং মাসিক ৫০০ রুপি বেতনের ব্যবস্থা করা হয়। পনেরোজন দলই এবং চারজন সর্দারের মাধ্যমে ইংরেজরা এখানকার সমভূমি সরাসরি শাসন করলেও পাহাড়ি এলাকায় ইংরেজ শাসন ছিল পরোক্ষ। এই পনেরো জন প্রশাসক বড় ধরনের অপরাধ ব্যাতিত সব অপরাধের বিচার করত।
জৈন্তা বাজারের কাছে অবস্থিত জৈন্তা রাজবাড়িতে জৈন্তা রাজারা বাস করতেন। ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হলেও এই রাজবাড়িতে অনেক পর্যটক আসেন জৈন্তা রাজাদের ইতিহাস সম্পর্কে জানতে। চা বাগানে ঘেরা চমৎকার প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্যে ভরপুর জৈন্তাপুর জাফলং থেকে মাত্র ৫ কিলোমিটার দূরে অবস্থিত।
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