Rajarbagh is a residential area of

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

, Bangladesh. It is under

Shahjahanpur Thana Shahjahanpur Thana () is a thana (precinct) in Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh. It is regarded as one of the most densely populated areas in Dhaka. Background Shahjahanpur is considered an older settlement, once classified as a suburb ...

and falls under the jurisdiction of

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the southern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DSCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who p ...

. There is a police line in Rajarbagh. The areas adjacent to it are Shantinagar,

Motijheel Motijheel () is a central business district and a thana of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is Dhaka's primary central business district, and also the nation's largest commercial and financial hub. Motijheel, located immediately adjacent to Dhaka's zero ...

Malibagh Malibagh or Malibag () is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It holds the distinction of being one of the oldest and most traditional neighbourhoods in the city. Considered one of the most populated areas in Dhaka, the area falls under the preci ...

, Shantibagh, Momenbagh, Shahidbagh,

Siddheshwari ''Siddheshwari'' (Hindi: सिद्देश्वरी) is a 1989 Hindi documentary directed film by Mani Kaul. It is a cinematic portrait of Siddheshwari Devi, a Hindustani classical music singer from Varanasi, India. It was produced by the ...

and

Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was establi ...

History

On 25 March 1971, the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

attacked the Rajarbagh police line with the start of

Operation Searchlight Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan in March 1971. Pakistan retrospectively justified the operation on the basis of ant ...

Installations

* Rajarbagh Police Line Hospital * Rajarbag Police Lines School and College * Bangladesh Police Museum * Central Police Hospital

References

Neighbourhoods in Dhaka {{Dhaka-geo-stub