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Shashi Lodge (Mymensingh)
The Shashi Lodge (), also known as the Rajbari of Mymensingh, was the palace-residence of Maharaja Shashikant Acharya, who was the Maharaja of the Muktagacha Zamindari Estate in Mymensingh of East Bengal during the time of the British Raj in India. The palace is located by the river Brahmaputra, in the heart of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Through the end of the British Raj and the partition of India in 1947, East Bengal became the eastern wing of the independent state of Pakistan. After the passing of the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 by the democratic Government of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan, the ''zamindari'' system was abolished. Since 1952, Shashi Lodge was used as a training center for women teachers and it continued even after East Bengal seceded from Pakistan to become Bangladesh. The Lodge building has deteriorated and is no longer used as a training center. On 4 April 2015, Shashi Lodge was acquired by the Directorate of Archeology of ... [...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] |
Government Of East Bengal
The Government of East Pakistan or formerly Government of East Bengal governed the province East Bengal (later East Pakistan, now Bangladesh) and was centered in its provincial capital Dhaka. The head of the province was the Governor, who was nominated by the President of Pakistan. While the head of the province of East Pakistan was the Chief Minister who was elected by the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. The East Pakistani government was dominated by the All-Pakistan Awami League, Awami League. It was succeeded by the Government of Bangladesh following the province's Bangladesh Liberation War, secession in 1971. Cabinets Haque Ministry All Pakistan Awami Muslim League, Awami League accepted A.K. Fazlul Haque of Krishak Sramik Party as the Chief Minister of the province in the Parliamentary meeting on 2 April 1954, forced by Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman, the then governor of East Bengal, to form the provincial government. However, on the same day, without consulting the provincial c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
