Dhaka alias Jahangirnagar: 400 Years

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Published by  : The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art

Pages : 400 pp.548 plates

Year : 2009

ISBN : 984-33-0343-1

Preface. I. Introduction: 1. Preliminary remarks. 2. Some geographical facts. 3. Dhaka district. 4. Origin of the name of Dhaka. 5. Antiquity of Dhaka. 6. Date of establishment of capital at Dhaka. 7. Growth of the city. 8. Location of old Dhaka. II. Dhaka 16th-19th centuries 1. Supremacy of the Afghans. 2. Mughal administration from Jahangirnagar. 3. Jahangirnagar under the Naib Nazims. 4. Sepoy mutiny and end of company rule. 5. Foreigners at Dhaka. III. Dhaka 1858-1912: 1. Civil administration of the city. 2. Brahmo movement at Dhaka. 3. The new Dhaka Nawab family. 4. Michael Madhusudan Dutt at Dhaka. 5. Establishment of waterworks at Dhaka. 6. Electricity at Dhaka. 7. Partition of Bengal 1905-12. 8. Benefits of partition. IV. Dhaka 1912-1947: 1. Establishment of the University of Dhaka. 2. Hindu-Muslim struggle for unity. 3. Communal riots. 4. Tagore, Nazrul and Sarat Chandra at Dhaka. 5. Towards Pakistan. V. Dhaka 1947-1971:
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