ULPUR ZAMIDAR PALACE AND MANY OTHER ZAMIDAR MANSION

Ulpur has a former Zamidar palace  and many other Zamidar mansions
GOPALGANJ

The Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur family and his Zamidar place

 Zamidar basu Roy Chowdhury

Ulpur is a village to the north of Golpalganj in Bangladesh. It has been founded by the Basu family as seat of their Zamindari & Jagir called Shahpur.
Shahpur Pargana consisted of 27 villages and a population of 30200 in 1931 with Ulpur being the central village and seat of the Zamindari.

Ulpur Zamidar place

Dasarath Basu arrived in the 11th century in Bengal. One of his descendants, Raghunandan Basu, was  reconfirmed the Zamindari / Jagir of Ulpur / Shahpur  by the Moghuls in the 16th century where his descendants settled. The Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur family lost their ancestral home in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) when India was divided in 1947.

The estates of the different family members can still be found in Ulpur and are now used by the villagers as their homes. The smaller temples and ponds are in a devastating condition, but the main Khali temple is still in use and has been recently renovated.

The village of Ulpur, next to the Padma river, is now part of Gopalganj district, but was originally part of Faridpur district. It is 12km from the town Gopalganj which can be easly reached from Dhaka as well as Kolkata.

SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AND HIS GRAVE

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman And His Grave
GOPALGANJ

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also popularly known in Bangladesh and West Bengal as Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal) and Sheikh Mujib, was a Bengali politician and the founding leader of Bangladesh. He is generally considered in the country as the Jatir Janak, or Father of the Nation.

 Grave: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Mujib served twice as the President of Bangladesh, including the first presidency of the country and later during one party rule.

 Mujibur Rahman’’s Dead Body after the Assassination

On August 15, 1975, a group of junior army officers invaded the presidential residence with tanks and killed Mujib, his family and personal staff. Only his daughters Sheikh Hasina Wajed and Sheikh Rehana, who were visiting West Germany, escaped

 Grave: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's family members

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members grave are situated in Tungipara

This  historical place which carries  our glorious history of independent.