Sonakanda Fort

Sonakanda Fort is a river fort situated in Narayanganj on the eastern bank of Shitalakshya River. Though the actual time of its establishment could not be ascertained, historians believe that the river fort was built by Mir Jumla II, a Subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, to defend Dhaka and Narayanganj from the pirates.

History : The Bengal went under the effective control of Mughal Empire in 1574 AD after the defeat of Daud Khan Karrani to Mughal General Munim Khan. Mughals exercised a progressive rule in Bengal and were determined to protect their subjects from external forces.

Hajiganj Fort

Hajiganj Fort situated on the western bank of the Sitalakshya River at Hajiganj in Narayanganj. This Mughal fort was probably established during the time of mir jumla to counter the raids of the Maghs and the Portuguese. This is one of the archaeological sites in Bangladesh listed by Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh.

Murapara Rajbari

Murapara Palace, also known as “Murapara Jomidar Bari” is located at the Rupganj of Narayanganj. It was built in 1909 by Zaminder Jagadish Chabndra Banerjee.

Murapara Rajbari is a well known palace in Rupganj Upazila, in Narayanganj District. The palace is situated in murapara village, about 25 km southeast of Dhaka on the Narsindghi road. It is connected 5 km stretch of bumpy brick-paved feeder road on the west of main Dhaka- Sylhet trunk road.

History: "Murapara Rajbari" is one of the examples of such activity of an affluent community located in Murapara village, about 25 kilometres southeast of Dhaka on the western side of the Dhaka-Narsingdi road. The Murapara Jomidarbari/Palace was established by the founder of the Murapara Raj family named Ramratan Banerjee. He was appointed as treasurer of the Natore estate and rose to a high position and acquired large properties by dint of his honesty. One source says it was Ramratan Banarjee who constructed the palace in 1889 but the other source says he just established the basement of the structure. It was Protap Chandra Banarjee who left his old traditional house and made new palace behind the old one in 1889.

Idrakpur Fort

Idrakpur Fort was built in 1660 A.D. on the bank of the river Ichhamati during the Mughal rule. Situated at Munshiganj. The present Munshigonj town including the outlying areas was known as Idrakpur which was named after the then Mughal faujdar Idrak. It was intended to counter the advances of the ‘magh’ and ‘portuguese’ raiders by water.

Baba Adam Mosque

This six domed mosque was built by the great Malik Kafur during the reign of Sultan Jalaluddin Fatah Shah in or around 1483 A.D. Baba Adam’s Mosque is now a protected monument under the Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh.

Binat Bibi Mosque

This pre-Mughal building is the oldest mosque built in Dhaka. According to an inscription, Bakht Binat, daughter of Marhamat, built it 15th Century dated in 1454 during the rule of Sultan Mahmud Shah I.

Wari Bateshwar

The Wari-Bateshwar region in Narsingdi, Bangladesh is the site of an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BCE. The 2500-year old ruins being unearthed near the old course of the Brahmaputra River are a major archaeological discovery in South Asia. It challenges the earlier notions of early urban civilization in Bengal.

The site is about 75km from Dhaka situated near the Wari and Bateshwar villages in the Belabo Upazila of Narsingdi District.

Bikrampur Vihara

Bikrampur Vihara is an ancient Buddhist ‘Vihara’ (monastery) at Raghurampur village in Bikrampur region of Munshiganj District. The monastery is located at Raghurampur village under Rampal Upazila of Munshiganj District.

The discovery was declared at 23 March 2013 after four years of excavation conducted jointly by Agrasar Bikrampur Foundation, a local socio-cultural organization, and Archaeology Department of Jahangirnagar University. The excavation was financed by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

Goaldi Mosque

Goaldi Mosque is an elegant little pre-Mughal mosque Built in 1519 by Mulla Hizabar Akbar Khan, during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah at a place called Goaldi, half a mile northeast of Panam village in Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District. Single-domed Goaldi Mosque is a good example of the ‘enclosed square type’ mosque of Sultanate period.

Rose Garden

Rose Garden Palace was built by Zamindar Hrikesh Das in the late 19th century. It is situated in Shamibag area at the K.M. Das Lane of Tikutuli, Dhaka. The building has Corinthian columns and has eight apartments including a central hall on its ground floor. There are several classical marble statues in the garden.

Ruplal House

Ruplal House exhibits a fine example of the late Renaissance European architecture introduced during the colonial period. Rooplal House was built by Armenian Jamindar Aratun in 1825. It was bought by Rooplal Das and his brother Roghunath Das in 1835 and renovated in neo-classical style, by hiring Martin and company, an architectural firm of Calcutta.

Tajhat Palace

Tajhat Palace, Tajhat Rajbari, is a historic palace of Bangladesh, located in Tajhat, Rangpur. This palace now has been turned into a museum. Tajhat Palace is situated three km. south-east of the city of Rangpur, on the outskirts of town.

The palace was built by Maharaja Kumar Gopal Lal Roy in the beginning of the 20th century. He was a descendent of a Hindu Kayastha who emigrated from the Punjab. It is believed that from the conspicuous appearance of his Taj or jeweled crown, his estate derived the name of Tajhat.

From 1984 to 1991 the palace was used as a Rangpur High Court Branch of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. In 1995 the palace was declared as a protected monument by the Department of Archaeology. Recognizing its outstanding architectural value the Government of Bangladesh shifted the Rangpur Museum to the second floor of the palace in 2005. The main room at the top of the marble stairs have a number of display cases which show 10th-11th century terracotta artifacts. There are a number of fine examples of Sanskrit and Arabic manuscripts, including copies of the Mahabharat, Ramayan, and a Quran whose provenance is attributed to none other than the Mughal Aurangzeb. The back rooms have several examples of black stone Hindu carvings in its back rooms, mainly of the deity Vishnu. Photography is not permitted in the museum itself.

Atiya Mosque

Constructed in 1609 A.D. by Sayyed Khan Pani, son of Bayazid Khan Pani, the mosque (21m x 12.19m) consists of a single domed square prayer chamber fronted by a verandah covered over by 3 domes. Its cornice is deeply curved and wall surface is relieved with terracotta ornamental panels showing a blending of Mughal and pre-Mughal architectural traits.

It can be approached from the zero point of Tangail town, along the Dhaka-Jamuna Setu, by any means of motorized vehicle.

Bhajahari Lodge

Bhajahari Lodge is a heritage site recognized by the government of Bangladesh. It is located on Tipu Sultan Road, Dhaka. The Saho Banik family built the magnificent Shankhanidhi Lodge, Natmandir, Bhajohari Lodge, and Radha Binod Temple on the Tipu Sultan Road.

Musa Khan Mosque

Musa Khan (reigned: 1599-1610) son of Isa Khan was the leader of Bara-Bhuiyans (twelve landlords of medieval Bengal) of the Bhati region. Musa Khan Mosque is located on the western side of the Shahidullah Hall of Dhaka University, and is less than half a km to the south of the Khwaja Shahbaz’s Mosque. A high vaulted plinth with a three-domed mosque above and the grave of Musa Khan to its northeast comprise the mosque complex of Musa Khan.

Palace of Raja Harishchandra

Raja Harish Chandra – eighteenth century, Majidpur village, Savar, Dhaka. Harish Chandra Raja’s Dhibi a remarkable area consisting of a four-sided monument, with scattered remains of trenches, and