Azimpur, Dhaka

Azimpur, Dhaka

Azimpur (Bengali: আজিমপুর) is an old neighbourhood in the old part of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The region is named after Shahzada Azam, son of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Other accounts attribute the name to Azim-us-Shaan, the Nayeb-e-Nazim of Dhaka during the early 1700s. Mamun, Muntasir, "Dhaka: Smriti Bismritir Nogori", Ananya Publishers, 2004.]

After the 1947 partition, many apartment buildings were built in Azimpur for Government officers. The neighbourhood has one of the largest cemeteries of Dhaka. The graveyard was established in 1850 on 32 acres of land. It has more than 3900 permanent graves, and many temporary graves (which are reused after several years).

Eden College, one of the oldest educational institutions for girls in erstwhile British India, is located in Azimpur. Nearby institutions include Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

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