Fascinating Bengal

[sab]

Jako: are you guys familiar with the work of Alaol in west Bengal?

Alaol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alaol and Doulat kazi was included in HS syllabus. And we used to concentrate on those and some other later developments to skip Charyapada etc...

 

[sab]

Mujtaba Ali.

My favourite Bengali author. Few years back (I was unemployed then) I saved few hundreds to gift his book to my GF. Both of us considered 'Jatrapathe' as our fav novel followed by 'Sei Somoy' of sunil Ganguly.

 

[LaBong]

^I too like Mujtaba Ali very much! He has this amazing spontaneity in his writing.

 

[vandemataram]

ANCIENT PICTURES OF DHAKA

North Book hall-1904 (Now North Book hall)

Dhakeshwari Mandir – 1904

Ramna Gate – 1901 (Now Doyel Chattar)

Chowk Bazar mor – 1904 (Now Nazimuddin Road)

Chowk Bazar, Dhaka – 1885
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An unidentified street of Dhaka at 1872

Laalbag Kella – 1872

Pori Bibi’r Mazar–1904 (Inside LaalBag Kella)

Does the Dhakeswari still exist, after which your capital city has been named?

 

[TopCat]

Does the Dhakeswari still exist, after which your capital city has been named?

Ofcourse it is and looks same as it was 1000 years ago.
Naming of Dhaka by this Mondir or naming of Mondir by the name of Dhaka is still disputed.

 

[sab]

This side of fascinating Bengal

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Mit Ford Hospital-1904 (where present day Salimullah Medical College is located)

Chawk Bazar, Dhaka- 1885

This is another picture of the Tongi bridge taken in the 1880s.Wikipedia says about a bridge built by Mir Jumla there in the 1660s. Is the remains in the foreground that old bridge ?

Kalabaghan 1880 কলাবাগান ১৮৮০

Pil Khana Rajar Bagh Police Line 1880

রমনা ১৮৮০। ঢাকার নবাবের ব্যক্তিগত সার্কাস পার্টি (Ramna 1880 --- Personal Circus Party of Dhaka Nawab)

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Its not working :S ... Can any one tell me how to post picture so that it become visible... ??

 

[LaBong]

Its not working :S ... Can any one tell me how to post picture so that it become visible... ??

wrap it with image tag.

Or use the icon just beside quotation icon.

 

[SpArK]

Awesome pics.. keep it coming...

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

wrap it with image tag.

Or use the icon just beside quotation icon.

Thanks a lot...

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Awesome pics.. keep it coming...

Thanks I will ... I have also got pictures of Rabindra nath with albert einstein... N many other ... soon will upload those...

 

[SpArK]

TEA GARDEN IN SYLHET, BANGLADESH

 

[LaBong]

TEA GARDEN IN SYLHET, BANGLADESH

This reminds me of my grad days! Truly, those were the days!

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Teajgoan 1880

Ramna 1880s - Viceroy Lord Curzon's escort

Sadar Ghat 1880

Saint Gragory High School 1882

Buriganga River 1880