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Alexander Castle
Alexander Castle () is an 18th-century palace located in the city of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Alexander Castle is one of the ancient structures of Mymensingh city. It is located near Court-Kachari in the heart of the city. History Maharaja Sukanta Suryakant Acharya Chowdhury built this palace on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the establishment of Mymensingh district established in 1787 AD. The palace was built in 1889 AD. It cost 45 thousand rupees at that time. It was popularly known as "Iron Kuthi" due to the use of iron in building construction. At present it is being used as the library of the Teacher Training College. The building was named 'Alexandra Castle' after Alexandra, wife of the then Emperor Edward VII of India. Later it became popularly known as Alexander Castle or Iron Castle. In 1879, at a cost of 45,000 rupees, a beautiful bungalow-style garden house, Lohar Kuthi or Alexandra's Castle, was built on this land. Inside the castle was a white stone flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mymensingh Sadar Upazila
Mymensingh Sadar () is an upazila of Mymensingh District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Most of the area of this sadar upazila is now under the Mymensingh City Corporation. Geography Mymensingh Sadar is located at . It has 167,472 units of household and its total area is 380.72 km2. The River Brahmaputra just crosses the section of Mymensingh. A hundred plus years ago the river was widened 5–10 km and now it is a seasonal flow, not an ever-flowing river. A huge land recovered from this riverbed for a hundred years named 'chars' is a big part of Mymensingh and as it was riverine land regular seasonal flood water namely from the Garo hills of Meghalaya of India flash up to these chars. Flooding by seasonal reasons for refreshing fertility of land and a trend of native fishes add some protein budget assistance in these poor CHAR villages. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Mymensingh Sadar Upazila had 167,472 households and a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |