Report on Ahsan Manzil
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AHSAN MANZIL By Zawad Ahmed Introduction: The Ahsan Manzil is located in Kumartoli, Dhaka, on the Buriganga River.It was the nawabs of Dhaka's private royal residence and kachari.It is located in Latif Complex, Islampur Rd, Dhaka, and has recently been converted into a historical hub.It was designed by Indo-Saracenic engineers.The construction of the royal residence began in 1859 and was completed in 1872.Ahsan Manzil is one of the country's most significant compositional landmarks.This structural fortune has been witnessed on multiple occasions in Bangladesh.The bulk of Nawab Khwaja salimullah's political activities revolved around this royal residence. The All India Muslim League was behind Ahsan Manzil.It was given the name Ahsan Manzil by Abdul Ghani in honor of his son Khwaja Ahsanullah.The decline of the Dhaka nawabs coincided with the decline of Ahsan Manzil. Collected From Wikipedia It was built on a 1 metre raised base, with the two-celebrated castle measuring 125.4m by 28.75m.The ground floor is 5 meters tall, while the first floor is 5.8 meters tall.Patios of ground floor stature can be found on both the northern and southern sides of the castle.Through the front nursery, an open, roomy flight of stairs has descended from the southern colonnade, which has been broadened up to the bank of the stream.Prior to the steps, there was a wellspring in the nursery that no longer exists.Two of the floors' open north and south verandas followed crescent curves. Marble covers the entire board.During construction, the square room on the ground floor was given a round shape with brickwork in the corners. Squinches gave the space an octagonal shape close to the rooftop.This octagonal shape was later used as the vault's drum.By gradually inclining the eight corners to the pinnacle, which is 27.13 m high from Even thoughthe start, the kumud kali (lotus buds) shaped vault was created. On one or the other side of the arch, it is divided into two even parts.On the east wing of the first floor, there is a large attracting space there are four square room'. Collected From: The Daily Star Collected From: The Wikimedia Commons The spacious Jalsaghar is located on the main floor's western wing, with a Hindustani room on the northern side and four square rooms in the western corner.The vaulted fake roofs in the drawing room and the Jalsaghar are made of wood, and they look absolutely breathtaking.These two rooms' floors are made of wooden planks.On the ground floor, there is a massive dining room and six square rooms on the eastern side, an enormous darbar corridor on the western side, and a pool room to the north. White, green, and yellow ceramic tiles adorn the floors of the feasting and darbar corridors.The renowned solid space, where the nawabs' resources were stored, was located in the five rooms on the ground floor's western section. Background of Ahsan Manzil: Sheik Enayet Ullah, the landowner of Jamalpur Porgona, had a nursery in this area during the Mughal era (region).Sheik Enayet Ullah acquired a large tract of land in Kumartoli (Kumartuli) and named it after his nursery.He built a magnificent royal residence there and called it "Rongmohol" (Rangmahal).He would gather young ladies from all over the country and abroad, dressing them in exquisite gowns and lavish decorations.According to reports, the organizer of Dhaka was seduced by one of the lovely young ladies, who invited Sheik Enayet Ullah to a meeting one evening and then murdered him in a ruse when he returned.The young ladies later expressed her dissatisfaction with the situation.In the north-east corner of the castle yard, there was a grave of Sheik Enayet Ullah, which was destroyed at the turn of the twentieth century. Sheik Moti Ullah, the son of Sheik Enayet Ullah, presumably sold the property to the French dealers around the time of Nawab Alibardi Khan in the 1740s.Since the land was purchased, the exchanging house became wealthier.By a decree from the sovereign Aurangzeb, French dealers used to work together here without paying any duties.Working together in competition with the English and other European partnerships, the French proved to be remarkably well off at the moment.In the recently purchased land, a major royal residence was built and a lake known as Les Jalla for sweet water was dug.The French were crushed in the English-French war, and the English seized all of their possessions.The French sent an armada of 35 vessels from the stream station of Buriganga on June 22, 1757. The land was sold to a French merchant called Mr. Champigni in 1785, and it was retaken in 1801.The French claimed all their left properties at Dhaka, as stipulated by the Paris agreement of 1814, and the land was returned to the French in 1827.The French were forced to flee the subcontinent due to the expanding English army.They decided to sell all of their Dhaka lands.So, in 1830, the established landowner of Dhaka, Khwaja Alimullah, purchased Kumartuli's exchanging spot. After several renovations, the trading house was transformed into Khwaja Alimullah's residence.A stable and a family mosque were included in the compound during his term.Following his death, his son Khwaja Abdul Ghani improved the property greatly and called it "Ahsan Manzil" after his son Khwaja Ahsanullah.He built a new structure in a different plan on the east side of the old structure, as well as extraordinary redesign work on the old structure.The old structure was renamed "Ondor Mohol" and the current structure was renamed "Rangmahal" from there on. A massive twister struck Dhaka city on the evening of April 7, 1888, causing massive damage.Ahsan Manzil was severely injured and abandoned.The royal residence was inspected by an English designer from Kolkata.He suggested that, apart from the "Rangmahal," a wide variety of different castle pieces would need to be replicated.As a result, Khwaja Abdul Ghani and his son Khwaja Ahsanullah focused their entire attention on modifying the royal residence.During that time, both architectures were replicated using a different plan and handled by Gobinda Chandra Roy, a local engineer.The old French system was transformed into a two-star structure while maintaining its proximity to the original Rangmahal. A path was made with wood associating the main floors of the two structures. The brilliance of Ahsan Manzil faded after Khwaja Ahsanullah's death in 1901.Owing to an internal family squabble, his successors were unable to continue with the brilliance.They rented out various parts of the castle to tenants who turned it into a ghetto.The property was acquired by the government in 1952 and put under the administration of the Dhaka Nawab court.Following a monstrous rebuilding scheme that used notable photographs of the property, the Dhaka National Museum acquired the property in 1985 and turned it into an exhibition space. Preservation,financial situation and current situation analysis: This historic site has become a popular vacation spot and source of entertainment for residents of Dhaka as well as the rest of the world.However, because of market-driven impromptu development in its encompassing zones, a lack of assets, helpless law authorization, and, on occasion, even disappointment in seeing the significance of saving and saving this specific site, the safeguarding and protection of this property has consistently been in a deplorable state.In 2009, Bangladesh's government designated 93 significant buildings and four legacy sites, including Ahsan Manzil, for preservation and conservation based on their historical significance.One of them is Ahsan Manzil.The RAJUK Nagar Unnayan Committee (City Development Committee) has determined that the recorded systems and regions should not be crushed, upgraded, modified, or altered in whole or part without its approval.Despite the fact that Bangladesh's government has high hopes and ambitions, it is often hampered by a lack of resources to protect, preserve, and maintain the use of historically significant sites.The Government of Bangladesh approves an award for Ahsan Manzil every financial year.This grant, along with the site's salary, is mostly used for site maintenance and board purposes.However, the asset is often insufficient for legitimate security and safeguarding.Henceforth, Ahsan Manzil, like any other well-known site, should investigate reinforcing the sources or looking for elective wellsprings of account in order to make the authority of this site monetarily autonomous and reduce their dependence on government endowments or other types of revenue.The main components of such asset investigations depend on Ahsan Manzil's attributes, such as its engineering, grand excellence, social worth, openness. Customer centered methodologies have surpassed traditional inventory-driven approaches to dealing with direct statistical surveying, which focuses on legacy the board and safeguarding.This methods provide a better understanding of interest and ensure effective ads for the standard goods that well-known destinations provide.These often promote mindfulness and attract more visitors, with a focus on inspiring rehashed and new trips, which are critical hotspots for long term stamina. Scope for betterment and improving(actions that can be taken by us): This location connects people to their memories as well as one another.It provides a sense of comfort and a strong link to the past that everyone will understand. As a result, it tends to be changed or dealt with in the following manner: 1.Research and let others consider its verifiable merit. 2.Avoid writing on the dividers, both for ourselves and for others .Taking part in the daily Cleanliness Drives.