Mohera Zamindar Bari

Mohera Zamindar Bari is a 19th-century Zamidari residence in Mirzapur, Tangail District, Bangladesh. The Zamindars that lived there came to the city before the 1890s. The building is the most preserved and maintained Zamindari bari of Bangladesh locally. Nowadays, it's used as a police training school.[1][2]

It is spread over an area of about eight acres, about 18 km away from Tangail Sadar in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. Mohera Zamindar Bari is located on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway, about 4 km east of Natiapara Bazar. In front of the entrance of this Zamindar's house, there is a huge lake called 'Bishakha Sagar' and two gates to enter the house. There are also two ponds at the back of the main building called Pasra Pond and Rani Pond in addition to a flower garden.

History

The house was established in Mirzapur, Tangail, in 1890 by Kali Charan Saha and Anand Saha.[3][4] They were two brothers that came to Mohera Village from Calcutta. Besides their land lordship, they have conducted trading related to jute and salt. They were the owners of various land properties from different parts of Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh war, most of them moved into India while very few were living at Tangail.  Since they were rich, people say they have built those buildings before establishing their Zamindari. In the locality, they performed many activities for public welfare. then gradually began constructing the complex. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, in 1971, the Pakistan Army attacked the house and killed five people, including the wife of the zamindar house. Later the zamindar family left the country by boat on the river Lohajang. It was here that the Mukti Bahini camp was set up. An initiative was taken to establish this zamindar house as a police training school in 1982. The Police Training School was promoted to a Police Training Center in 1990.[5][6][7]

Other installations

Each one of the lodges represents a different architectural style.

Chowdhury Lodge: The pillars of this pink building are built in the style of Romanesque architecture. Inside the building is a corrugated roof. In front of the two-story building is a garden and green field.[8]

Maharaj Lodge: There are six columns in front of the Maharaj Lodge building built in the Byzantine style of architecture. There is a curved railing in front of the pink Maharaja Lodge and a hanging verandah which adds to the beauty of the building. The building has a total of twelve rooms, with a garden in the front and a tennis court in the back. This building is currently used as a shooting place.[8]

Ananda Lodge: In front of Ananda Lodge, there is a garden with sculptures of deer, tiger and animals[8] which represents British architecture.

Kalicharan Lodge: Built towards the end of zamindari system, this Kalicharan Lodge is notably different from other buildings.[8] The building is built iwith the English architecture style.

References

  1. ^ টাঙ্গাইলের জমিদার বাড়িতে একদিন (পর্ব-১) [A day at the zamindar's house in Tangail (Part-1)] (in Bengali). Ekushey TV. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ ঘুরে আসুন টাঙ্গাইলের মহেরা জমিদার বাড়ি [Let's visit the house of Mahera Zamindar in Tangail]. Boishakhi TV (in Bengali). 2017-10-15. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ^ টাঙ্গাইল জেলা. Tangail (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. ^ "Mohera Jamidar Bari". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  5. ^ Rezwana, Sharmin. মহেড়া জমিদার বাড়ি. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  6. ^ টাঙ্গাইলের ঐতিহাসিক মহেরা জমিদার বাড়ি. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). October 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  7. ^ "Mohera Zamindar Bari: The glory of Zamindars". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  8. ^ a b c d "Tranquility at Mahera Zamindar Bari". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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