Travel and Tourism of Lalbag Kella in Bangladesh

The Lalbagh Fort was urbanized by Shaista Khan.Lalbagh Fort (Bengali: লালবাগ দূর্গ) (also known as "Fort Aurangabad") is an uncompleted Mughal palace throttlehold at the Buriganga River in the southwestern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Building was commenced in 1678 by Prince Muhammad Azam throughout his 15-month long vice-royalty of Bengal, but before the work could complete, he was recalled by Aurangzeb. His successor, Shaista Khan, did not absolute the work, though he stayed in Dhaka up to 1688. His daughter Iran Dukht nick named pari bibi (Fairy Lady) died here in 1684 also this led him to consider the fort to be portentous.

Lalbagh Fort is also the passerby of the uprising of the native soldiers beside the British during the Great Rebellion of 1857. As in the Red Fort in India, they were prevail over by the force led by the East India Company. They as well as the soldiers who fled from Meerat were hanged to death at the Victoria Park. In 1858 the statement of Queen Victoria of taking over the organizational control of India from the Company was read out at the Victoria park, latter renamed Bahadur Shah Park after the name of the last Mughal Emperor who led that furthermost upheaval beside then British domain

     1 Layout of fort

          o 1.1 Gateways

          o 1.2 Southern fortification wall

          o 1.3 Central area

          o 1.4 Diwan-i-Aam

          o 1.5 Tomb of Bibi Pari

    2 Gallery

    3 References

    4 External links

 Lalbagh fort along with the Tomb of Pari Bibi.The fort was long considered to be a grouping of three buildings:

  
The original resistance wall on the south has five bastions at regular distances, and the western wall has two. Among the seven mainstays, the biggest one is near the main southern gate at the back of the stable, which occupies the area to the west of the entrance. The bastion has an subversive tunnel. Among the five bastions of the southern fortification, the central one is single-storeyed, while the rest are double-storeyed structures. The innermost one contains an subversive room with verandahs on three sides, and it can be approached either from the riverside or from its roof. The double-storeyed bastion at the southwestern corner of the fort is possibly a Hawakhana, with a water reservoir on its roof.
Two lines of earth pipes have been found that connect all the establishments of the fort with the reservoir. An extra-strong terracotta pipe line, made with double pipes (one inside the other), has been uncovered in the area between the Hammam and the tomb of Bibi Pari.
Rooftop garden

The area westwards from the stable, parallel to the southern fortification, once had a gorgeous roof garden with fountain, rose, flower beds (marked with star designs), and a water reservoir. The buildings below contains the organizational blocks, with the residential part on the western side. Central area
Exhibit at the museum inside Lalbagh Fort.

The central area of the fort is occupied by three buildings:

•   The Diwan-i-Aam and the Hammam on its east;
•   The mosque on the west; and
•   The tomb of Pari Bibi in among the two (in one line, but not at equal distance).
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•   One during the middle of the ground, in between the Diwan-i-Aam and the tomb, forming a tetragon tank, with fountains at the junction with the east-west channel; and
•      The other, from the water reservoir, passing through the bottom of the tomb.

The water channels and the fountains, a very common aspect of Mughal architecture, create an feeling, not unlike those of the north Indian Mughal forts. A big square water tank (71.63 m each side), positioned in face of and to the east of the Diwan-i-Aam, between the southern along with northern entryways, adds to the prettiness of the building. There are four corner rungs to tumble into the tank.

 Diwan-i-Ajam

The double-storeyed Diwan-i-Aam, attached with a single-storeyed Hammam on its west, is an imposing building. The Hammam complex includes an open platform, a small kitchen, an oven, water storage area, a brickwork brick bath-tub, a toilet, a dressing room and an extra room. The Hammam section has an subversive room for boiling water, and a passage for sweepers. A long screen wall runs north-south along the western frontage of the Hammam, dividing the whole fort area into two divisions.

Tomb of Bibi Pari:

The tomb of Bibi Pari, located in the center, is the most noteworthy of the surviving buildings of the fort. Eight rooms encircle a central square room that contains the mortal remains of Bibi Pari. The central room is protected by a false octagonal-shaped dome, wrapped by a bronze plate.

The complete inner wall of the central room is together with this with white marble, while the four rooms at the sides had stone avoidance up to a altitude of one metre. The walls in the rooms at the four corners are skirted with beautifully-glazed floral tiles. The tiles have recently been restored; two of the original tiles have been retained. The room at the south eastern corner contains a small grave, popularly known to be of that of Shamsad Begum, possibly a relative of Bibi Pari.

The archaeological excavations have also revealed strata of the Sultanate, as well as of the pre-Muslim periods, from where terracotta heads and plaques have been found. Thus, it is now reasonable to say that though the Mughals founded Dhaka, it was unquestionably occupied long before the Muslims came to Bengal.

            

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