Old Dhaka
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old-dhaka-203-18090118
title:
Old Dhaka
text:
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. It is located on the banks of the Buriganga River. It was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the Indian subcontinent and the center of the worldwide muslin trade. The then Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan shifted the capital from Dhaka to Murshid
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Historical territory of the city of Dhaka
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dhaka
date created:
2009-12-08T15:22:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T06:46:58Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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