A Memorable Day- Lal Bagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Part-2

In front of Lal Bagh Fort

Why The Lal Bagh Fort is a Perfect Place For a Traveling Venue:

The First Thing is This Architecture was built in 350 (1678) years ago. In Bangladesh It is the only sign of the Mughal Emperors. Also in Bangladesh it’s the only architecture has been used black basalt stone, marble and various colors tile. Lal Bag Fort largely comprised of three buildings formed, a mosque with three domed, The Pari Bibi’s Tomb & Dewan E Am. In the south there is fortress wall, the south-east corner there is a huge fortress. In north there is a utility building, an administration block. The resident part was in the east of the western fort; essentially it was beside the mosque’s south-west side. In west there was a beautiful roof garden, where also arranged a wonderful waterfall directly linked with water tank. 

In front of underground tunnel.

On the south after some distances of fort there are five towers. The biggest tower stands near the south erected gate, where has a tunnel. The central area of the erected is occupied by three buildings. Diwan-E-Am, a bath room, on the west a mosque, and the central between bath room and mosque    there is the grave of Pari Bibi. These three building are connected with a waterfall by three water lake with a certain distance.

Street in front of Lal Bag Fort

In all, it really is a beautiful day and and nice place to hangout. This beautiful artistic architecture is carrying a glorious example of those peoples thinking, their culture, and their artistic eternity whose were lived before three hundred and fifty years before. Historical, Cultural, and Artistic, for these three categories,   the Lal Bagh Fort is an important asset to our country. I hope our government should have a good take care for its reform and savings.

. In this hang out I learned so many things. Also create a question in my mind, where were we? Where are we? Where we will be? I don’t know but I have to.  I am searching this answer to the rest of the day of my life.  

Searching............

 The End.

By Md. Farid Ahmed.

A Memorable Day- Lal Bagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Mosque with three tomb

26 December, 2014, Friday, at 8:15 AM wakes up from my friend Anik Bin Rashid’s Call. I have to go to market for buy some meals & vegetables.  Yesterday I told my maid to come at 8:30 AM. So I set out quickly and put on Jacket and light a Cigarette. It’s middle of the winter season.  So everyone assume that how cool it here. The market is in below of my house. I buy a chicken, for salad buys some cucumbers, carrots & tomatoes and Polao rice. And back to my room. In every Friday our meals/food menu is at the morning hot bread, and omelets of egg, at lunch and dinner we eat polao rice & beefs/ chicken curry. 

With Three Foreigner from Japan

After returning home I connect my mobile with my sound box, and play song with full volumes, the “Heartbeat “song by Enrique Iglesias.  With hearing songs I finish my shaving & bathing.  Then I eat my breakfast & then become ready for hang out.  Today our destination is Lal Bagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh. At Police Line we cut 2 tickets a bus name Ananda.  It go to Gulistan, Dhaka. From Gulistan there have some vehicles which are go to Lal Bagh Fort. They keep 12 TK for every person. At  11:55 AM we reach the main gate of Lal Bagh Fort. 

Water Tank

We cut 2 tickets for enter the Lal Bagh Fort. The ticket price is 20 TK for local. For Foreigner the amount is 100 TK. And baby whose age below 2, no need to ticket.  We enter the Lal Bagh Fort. It’s not a big place. But the environment of Lal Bagh Fort is so charming. When we enter into the main gate at first we see stagnation where we see some sentence. These are introducing about this fort. The Lal Bagh Fort is only architecture which ideograph the Mughol Period in Bangladesh. It’s another peculiarity is in Bangladesh this is the only architecture which made by Black Basalt Stones, marbles, & so many different colors of tiles. It’s construction remain incomplete. In Lal Bagh Fort there a Hammam Khana (Bathing Place), a stony two-storied Dorbar Hall (court room), and a mausoleum where lie down Bibi Pari (Daughter of Shaista Khan), and Samshad Banu (Said to be the youngest daughter of Shaista Khan). Also there a mosque with three-domed, a pond (which is now totally dry), three lovely arcades, and the west side here a beautiful roof-garden with arrangements for fountains and a water reservoir. 

Pond, which now totally dry.

The construction of Lal Bagh Fort is not totally completed. It still remains with unfinished state. Emperor Aurangzeb’s son, Prince Mohammad Azam, Subedar of Bengal had began the construction of this erected at 1678 AD. He stayed in Bangla around 15 months. When the Emperor Called him for returning back, then he left this fort construction remain unfinished and went to his father’s place. Then Shaista Khan became the new Subedar in Bangla. He didn’t finish the constriction of Lal Bagh Fort and it remained with unfinished. After that at 1684 AD when Iran Dukht (Bibi Pari). The daughter of Shaista Khan had died; he started to think that this erected is an inauspicious.  He buried his daughter inside of the fort and makes a mausoleum for her. Also there another grave which signify as Shamsad Banu (said to be the youngest daughter of Shaista Khan.). And Shaista Khan went left it unfinished. 

Under Ground Room for Boiling Water