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Ariful Islam (161-15-946)Roudro Mehedi (161-15-928)Idris Ali (161-15-940)Mahabub Rahman 161-15-929)Animesh Adhikary (161-15-931)Fahad Hossen (161-15-942)

LALBAGH FORT

Lalbagh Fort or Fort Aurangabad, an incomplete Mughal palace fortress at Dhaka on the river Buriganga in the southwestern part of the old city

The construction of the fort was commenced in 1678 AD by prince MUHAMMAD AZAM during his 15 month long vice-royalty of Bengal, but before he could complete the work he was recalled by AURANGZEB. His successor, SHAISTA KHAN did not continue the work, though he stayed in Dhaka up to 1688. His daughter BIBI PARI (Lady Fairy) died here in 1684 and this led him to consider the fort to be ominous.

HISTORY

History Mughal prince Muhammad Azam, third son of Aurangzeb started the work of the fort in 1678 during his vice-royalty in Bengal. He stayed in Bengal for 15 months. The fort remained incomplete when he was called away to dilhe by his father Aurangzeb.

Shaista Khan was the new subahdar of Dhaka in that time, and he did not complete the fort. In 1684, the daughter of Shaista Khan named Iran Dukht Pari Bibi died there. After her death, he started to think the fort as unlucky, and left the structure incomplete. Among the three major parts of Lalbagh Fort, one is the tomb of Pari Bibi.

Generally anyone can easily think that Lalbagh fort is named after the place it is situated. This thinking is not totally wrong. Basically the Fort is named after it’s location. Previously the name was totally different, where there were no influence of the Lalbagh area. At first the name of this Fort was “Kella Awarongojeb”

NAME HISTORY

Parts of Lalbag Kella For long the fort was considered to be a combination of three buildings (the mosque, the tomb of Bibi Pari and the Diwan-i-Aam), two gateways and a portion of the partly damaged fortification wall. But recent excavations carried out by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh have revealed the existence of other

structures and it is now possible to guess a more or less complete picture of the fort.

Lalbagh Fort Mosque There is a mosque in kellah, Azam Shah to Delhi before he went to the mosque. This three-domed mosque that some attention. The mosque is the prayer in congregation. There are so very few of the old mosque in Dhaka

Tomb of Bibi Pari The tomb of Bibi Pari, located in the center, is the most impressive of the surviving buildings of the fort. Eight rooms surround a central square room that contains the mortal remains of Bibi Pari. The central room is covered by a false octagonal-shaped dome and wrapped by a bronze plate.

The entire inner wall of the central room is covered with white marble, while the four rooms, at the sides have stone skirting up to a height of one metre. The walls in the rooms at the four corners are skirted with beautifully glazed floral tiles. The tiles have recently been restored; two of the original tiles have been retained. The room at the south eastern corner contains a small grave, popularly known to be of that of Shamsad Begum (possibly a relative of Bibi Pari).

Tomb of Bibi Pari

Diwan-i-Aam The double-storied Diwan-i-Aam, is the greatest part of Lalbagh fort. It was used as the office at the time.

Diwan-i-aam is the place from where the Mughal ruler gave directions to the ordinary people once in a week. There is also a royal bathroom known as Hammam.

Hammam The Hammam complex includes an open platform, a small kitchen, an oven, water storage area, a masonry brick bath-tub, a toilet, a dressing room and an extra room.

The Hammam portion has an underground room for boiling water and a

passage for sweepers. Dividing the whole fort area into two divisions, a long partition wall runs north-south along the western facade of the Hammam.

Gates of Lalbagh There are 3 gateways to enter the fort. The shouthern is the most important and one can see it form Buriganga. It has three-storied structure. But the middle structure is covered by Minaret. That is why it looks like a 2 storied structure.

Fortification wall The southern fortification wall has a huge bastion in the southwestern corner. On the north of the south fortification wall were the utility buildings, stable, administration block, and its western part accommodated a beautiful roof-garden with arrangements for fountains and a water reservoir. The residential part was located on the east of the west fortification wall, mainly to the southwest of the mosque.

Others Fact In the total area of lalbag fort there are also Royal gardens and a drainage system.After a certain time Mughal emperor Augangazeb denoted the fort to Shaista Khan in memory of his daughter Pari Bibi.

The successor of Shaista khan got revenue after his death by leaing the fort to the government .

After 1853 the cantonment was

replaced in Lalbagh fort from Purana Platan.

After Shaista Khan left Dhaka, it lost its popularity. The main cause was that the capital was moved from Dhaka to Murshidabad. After the end of the royal Mughal period, the fort became abandoned. In 1844, the area acquired its name as Lalbagh replacing Aurangabad, and the fort became Lalbagh Fort.

Conclusion

This has become a key tourist attraction in Dhaka. Almost 3 million people visit this place every year .

This is a matter of our national pride .Along with the govt. we also have to take after this historical structure of our country.

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