Bangla Bazar
Bangla Bazar is the oldest neighbourhood of Dhaka, which existed before Mughal Period. Currently, the largest publication and book market of Dhaka is located in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Also known as: “Bangla bazar” and “Banglabazar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beauty Boarding and Ruplal House.
Beauty Boarding
Restaurant
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beauty Boarding is a hotel and restaurant located in old Dhaka. It is a historical center of the intellectual gathering of Bengali authors, poets, cultural activists, and politicians.
Ruplal House
Archaeological site
Photo: Shoeb33, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruplal House is a 19th-century mansion in Farashganj area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was built on the northern bank of the Buriganga River, beside the Buckland Dam.
K. L. Jubilee High School & College
School
K. L. Jubilee School & College is one of the oldest and most prestigious private educational institutions in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1866 by Zamindar Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury, the institution provides continuous education from kindergarten to grade twelve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shakhari Bazar and Old Dhaka.
Shakhari Bazar
Quarter
Photo: Ahemed Imteaz-nsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shankhari Bazaar is one of the oldest areas in Bangladesh's Old Dhaka, broadly known as Shankhari Potti. It stretches along a narrow lane, lined with richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period.
Old Dhaka
Photo: Shmunmun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Dhaka is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar, the capital of Mughal Province of Bengal and named after the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
Motijheel
Suburb
Central Dhaka includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries. Motijheel is situated 2½ km north of Bangla Bazar.
Bangla Bazar
- Category: locality
- Location: Ward - 73, DCC (Kotwali), Dhaka District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.70629° or 23° 42′ 23″ northLongitude
90.41217° or 90° 24′ 44″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
7MMGPC46+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 396699842OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Hindi—“Bangla Bazar” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বাংলা বাজার”
- Bengali: “বাংলাবাজার”
- Hindi: “बांग्लाबाज़ार”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bangla Bazar”. Photo: Sourav Das, CC BY 2.0.