Rajarbagh is a residential area of
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
. There is a police line in Rajarbagh. The areas adjacent to it are
Shantinagar,
Motijheel,
Malibagh, Shantibagh, Momenbagh, Shahidbagh,
Siddheshwari and Shahjahanpur.
History
On 25 March 1971, the
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...
attacked the Rajarbagh police line with the start of
Operation Searchlight.
Installations
*
Rajarbagh Police Line Hospital
*Rajarbag Police Lines School and College
*Bangladesh Police Museum
*
Central Police Hospital
References
Neighbourhoods in Dhaka
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