Fort and palace, Dhaka
Lalbagh Fortলালবাগ কেল্লা
- Time needed
- One to two hours.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Small ticket; higher for foreign visitors.
An unfinished Mughal fort of the 1670s by the Buriganga, with a mosque, an audience hall and the tomb of Pari Bibi in walled gardens: the best-known old monument in Dhaka.
At a glance
- Begun
- 1678
- Built by
- Prince Muhammad Azam, then Shaista Khan
About
Prince Muhammad Azam, a son of Aurangzeb, began the fort in 1678; his successor Shaista Khan stopped work after his daughter Pari Bibi died, and it was never completed. Three buildings stand in the lawns: the three-domed mosque, Pari Bibi's tomb, and the hall and bath of the governor, now a small museum of Mughal arms, coins and manuscripts.
The walls, gates and a long pool frame the buildings. Weekday mornings are calm; holidays bring big crowds.
Getting there: Rickshaw from Azimpur or Nilkhet, or a car to Lalbagh Road.
Things to do
- See the museum in the governor's hall, then walk the south wall.
Good to know
- Go early on a weekday; eat bakarkhani in the lanes outside.
