Lalbagh Fort Dhaka - Bangladesh

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Name	Lalbagh Fort Complex
Place	Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Author(s)	Farzana Sharmin
World Heritage	if applicable,enter the year of listing

Why is this case relevant?

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Lalbagh Fort Complex is one of the extravagant example from 17th century built by the Mughal Empire in Bangladesh. While there are several Mughal structure found in Indian sub-continent, this incomplete fort is the only footprint of encamped Mughal garden style remains in the capital of Bengal, Jahangirnagar (now Dhaka). Mughal prince Subahdar Muhammad Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, started to construct the fort beside Buriganga river named ‘Fort Aurangabad’ in 1678 AD. Later his successor Shaista Khan didn’t able to continue its construction because of unfortunate death of his daughter and Prince Azam’s betrothed Iran Dukht Rahmat Banu (titled Bibi Pari). Consequently the abandoned fort had taken named as “Lalbagh’. Later, this place was used by British East India Company. During Sepoy Revolt, 1857, the crushing of soldier uprising against British which is known as ‘First independence war’ happened there and they used its secret tunnel as escape route. Nowadays this place is opened for public and one of the few green public open space remains in that densely populated area. Moreover, the whole area is a depiction of Mughal period in Bengal. The fort complex is documented in UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

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