Lalbagh Fort (Lalbagh Fort) is located in the Lalbagh area of Old Dhaka on the banks of the Buriganga river in the southwestern part of the capital Dhaka. Emperor Aurangzeb accepted the plan to build Lalbagh Fort, but his son Prince Shahzada Azam started the construction of Lalbagh Fort in 1678 AD. Initially Lalbagh Fort was named Aurangabad Durg or Aurangabad Fort. Later in 1684 AD, after the death of Iran Dukht Paribibi, daughter of Subedar Shaista Khan, he stopped the construction of the fort. In 1844 Aurangabad area was renamed Lalbagh. Along with the name of the area, the name of the fort also changed and came to be known as Lalbagh Fort
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Currently Subedar Shaista Khan’s residence and Durbar Hall is used as ‘Lalbagh Fort Museum’. Lalbagh Fort has three gates but two of them are closed. As soon as you enter through the gate, the lovely garden cheers up the mind. If you go straight ahead along the entrance road, you will see the tomb built for the memory of Shaista Khan’s daughter Paribibi. The mausoleum is square in shape and each side is 20.2 meters long. The marble mausoleum is of unique craftsmanship and has an artificial dome covered with copper sheet above the main mausoleum.
Other attractions include the Lalbagh Fort Mosque, beautiful fountains, some more tombs and cannons/cannons used in warfare during those times.
How to go
Lalbagh Fort can be reached from anywhere in Dhaka. You can come to Lalbagh by vehicle at your convenience. There are several routes to reach Lalbagh Fort, you can follow your convenient route.
Gulistan Golap Shah Shrine of Dhaka should come from Dhaka or any part of Bangladesh. From there you can go to the fort by rickshaw or Laguna.
You can reach Lalbagh Fort by rickshaw from Dhaka’s Newmarket, Neelkhet, Shahbagh, TSC or Azimpur.
From Sadarghat you can go to Lalbagh Fort via Babubazar Bridge by rickshaw. Besides, you can directly come to Lalbagh Fort from anywhere in Dhaka by CNG.