Ahsan- Manzil- Is- Historical- Place- In- The- Dhaka.
Ahsan Manzil BD Dhaka Ahsan Manzil is located on the banks of the Buriganga River in the south of Dhaka city. It was the palace of Nawabs of Dhaka. In 1872 Nawab Abdul Ghani named it 'Ahsan Manzil' after his son Khwaja Ahsanullah. This palace was a major political center of Bengal for about 100 years from the middle of the 19th century. The landmark was converted into a museum (Ahsan Manzil Museum) in 1992 with 23 galleries and opened for visitors. In the mid eighteenth century, the zamindar of the pargana, Sheikh Inayetullah Ahsan, built a palace called Rangmahal at the present site of Manzil. Later his son Sheikh Matiullah sold the palace to French merchants. It was known for a long time as a trading post. Then in 1830, Nawab Abdul Gani's father Khaja Alimullah, who lived in Begombazar, bought it and started living there. Khawaja Abdul Ghani commissioned a European construction and engineering firm called Martin & Com...