Salimullah Orphanage also known as Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage is a historic orphanage in Bangladesh founded by and named after Nawab Bahadur Sir

Khwaja Salimullah Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur (7 June 1871 – 16 January 1915) was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British rule in India. On 30 December 1906, the All-India Muslim League was officially ...

History

Salimullah Orphanage was established in 1907 as Islamia Orphanage by the

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, Nawab Sir Salimullah Bahadur. It was originally located near

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in a rented building. The governor of Bengal,

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, visiting the orphanage in 1913, he donated one thousand rupees and land near Gore Shaheed Mosque of Amlapara. After the death of Sir Salimullah, the orphanage become known as Salimullah Orphanage. The

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nationalized the orphanage on 2 January 2008. Before the nationalization some land of the orphanage was sold in 2003 and corruption in management remains a major problem. On 17 September 2015 Bangladesh High Court ordered

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to hand over an 18-storey building in Azimpur to Salimullah Orphanage, that the court ruled was illegally built on land owned by the orphanage.

Gallery

Salimullah Orphanage (1).jpg, Inner courtyard of the orphanage (1966) Salimullah Orphanage (2).jpg, Prayer hall of the orphanage (1966) Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage, Ajimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpg, Orphanage building (2023) Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage, Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpg, Plaque

References

Khwaja Salimullah 1907 establishments in India Organisations based in Dhaka Residential buildings in Bangladesh Orphanages in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub