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Landmarks,Ancient and contemporary. The city of Dhaka. Bangladesh was listed by Lonely Planet in 2011 as the "best value destination". Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. It is also the largest city of the country. More than 15 Million people live in Dhaka which is a mega city now by its own right. "The history of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanized settlements in the area that is now Dhaka dating from the 7th century CE. The city area was ruled by the Buddhist kingdom of Kamarupa before passing to the control of the Sena dynasty in the 9th century CE. After the Sena dynasty, Dhaka was successively ruled by the Turkic and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate before the arrival of the Mughals in 1608. After Mughals, British ruled the region for over 150 years until the independence of India. In 1947, Dhaka became the capital of the East Bengal province under the dominion of Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka became the capital of the new born country." Viewers may please read the short introductory notes on each photo posted hereunder:-- Photo 1. View of the Bridge on Crescent Lake at night, Photo 2. Nagar Bhavan. ( Dhaka City Corporation Building) Photo 3 .National Mosque.(Baitul Mukarram Mosque) Photo 4 . Baldha Garden. A garden with its rich collection of indigenous and exotic plants. Photo 5 .Curzon Hall. The science faculty of Dhaka University. Photo 6 ..A Busy Dhaka Road Photo 7. Lalbagh Fort: Built in 1678, by Prince Muhammad Azam, of Mughal Emperor Aurangazeb . Photo 8. National Parliament.Designed by the world famous architect Louis I Kahn. Photo 9. Central Shahid Minar. Photo 10.Botanical Garden. Built on an area 205 acres of land at Mirpur, Dhaka, adjacent to Dhaka Zoo. Happy viewing:           |
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10/4/2014 3:12 am |
Hi Look: We never hear anything about Bangladesh on the news here for some reason, but I never expected it to look like that. Dhaka looks like a huge city and that traffic looks like a nightmare. Loved all the pics.
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Hi Look: We never hear anything about Bangladesh on the news here for some reason, but I never expected it to look like that. Dhaka looks like a huge city and that traffic looks like a nightmare. Loved all the pics. Thank you so much for passing by my blog and also for leaving such good words for us to read. I appreciate !! Dhaka is a mega city now. Traffic has become a real nightmare for us. Too many vehicles are now on road.I no more like to drive. Thanks once again bijou. Have a nice weekend.
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Mary Ann, I expected you here back while posting this blog for you all to view and read. Thank you so much for your kind visit and for leaving your opinion on the post. You are correct when you say that you can see the English influence here in Dhaka. It is true in cases of contemporary Buildings. The Lalbagh Fort is however different. You can see there Islamic influence. Thanks for asking me what the ladies are doing there as being shown in no.9 photo! Mary Ann, the ladies are spreading the flowers and petals there on the floor of the language martyred monument on the 21st February. They do it every year on that day. Please Google " International Language Day. 21st February. 1952." I am sure you will find what the people of my country specially the students of the university of Dhaka did on that day for the recognition of Bengali language! Kindest regards. Have a nice weekend.
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Many thanks for your kind comments left on the post. We shall be delighted to welcome you with open arms if you could visit our country someday in the near future.Regards and best wishes, Annie.
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Thank you so much for your kind comments on this post. I really appreciate..Have a nice weekend. Meantime, kindly, do not forget to drop by my blog in future too.
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mrsjoe, Thanks for stopping by my blog and also for leaving such nice words on the photos displayed there.You would surely agree with me that ten photos are not enough to describe a large city like Dhaka. I may have to post some more photos in another installment to do justice to my city where I grew up and now live. Have a nice weekend. Regards too.
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Toolips, thank you so much.
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Thanks pansy for the nice words which have correctly described my city! Hope you would find time to visit my posts in future too. Have a nice weekend.
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Many thanks for your kind visit to my post and for leaving comments on the photos displayed there. I am really proud for the city where I live now. I saw the city grow very rapidly after 1947 onwards. I have also sad experience of viewing how the city was being destroyed systematically by the Pakistani occupation forces during our war of liberation in the year 1971. Have a nice weekend,,earthytaurus and best wishes.
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I very much enjoyed viewing your 'landmarks ~ ancient & contemporary' blog. I particularly liked the shape/design of Parliament House and the tranquil botanic garden setting. Thanks look :- )
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I very much enjoyed viewing your 'landmarks ~ ancient & contemporary' blog. I particularly liked the shape/design of Parliament House and the tranquil botanic garden setting. Thanks look :- ) lilium. Glad to see your smiling face once again here on my blog. Thanks for your comments left here for us to read. Wish you best of everything and regards.
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I confess that my concept of Bangladesh was a desolate impoverished wasteland. (A carryover from when I first heard of it in the 80s when starvation was rampant there and George Harrison sang songs about their plight.) I'm very glad to see that it is much more developed, and done so beautifully. I'd be interested to know some of the demographics etc, of the people and the culture. Nice blog and GBU, Gavin
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Gavin. Thank you for stopping by my post and leaving comments there which I appreciate very much! Gavin, I would never blame you for not knowing much about this country of mine! My country had always been exploited by the occupiers like the British until August 1947 and then by the West Pakistan until December, 1971. We had to fight wars for achieving freedom. Our Country was never a wasteland. It was and still is the largest producer of Jute in the world. We also grow enough rice for us and for exporting the aromatic types too..We are self sustained in many things. We are the second largest exporter of Garments now after China.Now about the concert of George Harrison!. Those two concert had nothing to do with starvation. The concert was arranged when we were fighting the war liberation with the Pakistani Occupying Army! Please read the following: "The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country was originally spelt) was the name for two benefit concerts organised by former Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at 2.30 and 8 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The shows were organised to raise international awareness and fund relief efforts for refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related Bangladesh atrocities. The concerts were followed by a bestselling live album, a boxed three-record set, and Apple Films' concert documentary, which opened in cinemas in the spring of 1972. The event was the first-ever benefit concert of such a magnitude[1] and featured a supergroup of performers that included Harrison, fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and the band Badfinger. In addition, Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan – both of whom had ancestral roots in Bangladesh – performed an opening set of Indian classical music. Decades later, Shankar would say of the overwhelming success of the event: "In one day, the whole world knew the name of Bangladesh. It was a fantastic occasion ..." Gavin, Hope you know now something about us. I shall be pleased to post more information about the country soon as sought by you. Thanks and regards.
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