BRITISH COLONIAL BUILDING AND ZAMIDAR MANSION

Brtitish Colonial Buildings And Zamindar Mansions

FARIDPUR

Faridpur is a lovely town.If you get any chance to visit the town, I'll request you to visit the town using a rickshaw for 1-2 hours.

 
At every turn of the town, you'll find numerous numbers of edifices those are built during the British Colonial period.

Some of the structures are occupied by the Government, and some are private properties of rich people. The police line buildings are developed during the era of British. Also the General Hospital(Sadar Hospital) was also built during that period.

If you go further, you'll find the Zilla high school and the Government Rajendra university colleges are also built that period. The Jasimuddin Hall is just beside the Judge Court area, and the Alimuzzaman Hall either.

There are other government office which are taken place inside some old buildings. Some of them are restricted to enter, and some of are open for public for their regular interaction with government work.

DIGHIR PAR MASJID: A MOSQUE IN BHANGA BUILT DURING THE MUGHAL ERA

Dighir Par Masjid: a mosque in Bhanga built during the Mughal era

FARIDPUR

People used to call this as "Dighir Par Mosque", also it has a name that is listed at Bangladesh government, "Majlis Awlia Mosque". This Mashjid has three domes at the top of it. After taking the mosque under the Archaeological Heritages of Bangladesh, the government did some furnishing task over the mosque, so that it doesn't collapse, or doesn't become a ruin.

This mosque was built during anytime between 1393 to 1410. The pundits are assuming that the mosque was built by the great ruler, Sultan Azam Shah. At the Southern side of the mosque, "Majlis Awlia Khan", the mosque was named after his name.

There is a majar just near the mosque. The mazar was formed using the name of "Mastan Darbesh Nazimuddin Dewan" and "Fakir Salimuddin Dewan". Once again, I don't like the concept of Mazar, thats why you won't see any photos of mazar here with the article.

There was a large Dighi(water tank) was created just near the mosque. The water tank was made to ease the water problem of the peasant. Thats why people used to call the mosque as "Dighir par jame moshjid".

How can i reach trere

If you wish to visit the place, you have two choices to pick. One is from Dhaka, and another one is from Faridpur. I'm showing you both of the paths. First of all, you have to reach the "Pulia" Bus stand before anything. If you are from Dhaka, then you have to first come at Mawa Ferri Ghat. To come from dhaka, you can use Bus "Elish" from Gulisthan. Then cross the river Padma using speed boat, launch, or ferry. After crossing the giant river, take any local bus, that will take you at "Pulia". It will take around 20-25 minutes to reach the bus stand.

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MATHURAPUR DEUL : MOUND FROM THE BARA-BHUIYAN REIGN

Mathurapur Deul 

Ganja : Madhukhali : Faridpur : Bangladesh

Mathurapur Deul(high mound) is an archeological heritage, a unique vestige of the Bara-Bhuiyans reign in Faridpur. Like most of the archeological places, this one is a 16th century architect comprising terracotta from Hindu Myth. The Deul is situated at Mathurapur of Gajna union under Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district. Though Deul means the wall in Bangla, but its not a wall at all.

Hight of Mathurapur Mound

confused about the hight of this medieval mound, because there are several statistics available about its hight varied from 70 to 90 feet. Department of Archeology provided that this authentic structure is 80 feet hight.

Terracotta

One look at the structure reveals its unique beauty: Fashioned out of terracotta, the Deul is decorated with numerous mythical figures such as terracotta flowers and foliage, gods and goddesses, Hanuman in ecstatic mood, nude dancing figures, and horses in motion.

Faridpur zila school

Faridpur zila school

Faridpur town has lots of edifices those are built during the period of British Colonial era. Faridpur Zila School is one of them. This school was established during 1840. This is one of the oldest school from the country Bangladesh.

Many famous people were the student of this school. Our beloved folklore poet(palli kobi) Jasimuddin was one of the great from the school. He was matriculated from that school at 1921 successfully. The quality of the school is still high as before. Even for these days, its really hard to get admission at this school, unless you are a masterclass student.

The red old building from the school is still looking gorgeous. You can easily say that it was built during British era. Anyone whoever passes beside the school, and still doesn't know the name of this, will be easily attracted by the beauty of this old school. So don't miss this school from your visit list during Faridpur expedition.

Location:  Faridpur

Faridpur District Court: 19th century colonial styled court house

Faridpur District Court: 19th century colonial styled court house

The Faridpur "Zila Judge Court" was established during the 1889 by the British rulers to provide the justice for local people.

This medium sized court building is an attractive one, and not that much rush inside of it. The structure of the building is really simple, but which period it was built, you can easily read from its structure.

Inside the court building, I have found several court rooms. One room was empty, I think it was break time, and others were conducting judgment by the judges. I'm not sure whether its permitted or not to climb the second floor of the court building. But I have shown some courage to get at the top floor. Apart from the court rooms, others were occupied by the stuffs of the judge court who were doing typing, or busy with handling public people

The court building has a "foot over" that connects to another building at the other side of the road. That building is called "Advocate's Library", where the advocates used to talk with their clients, or do some study about their cases.