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<p>103.154.48.38: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Jahangir Nagar''' ({{Lang-bn|জাহাঙ্গীর নগর}}) is the former name of [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. It was named after [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]].<br /> <br /> ==Name==<br /> In 1608, Dhaka was announced by ''Subedar Islam Khan'' as capital of ''[[Bengal Subah|Mughal Bangla]]''. He renamed '''Jahangir Nagar'''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zp8fAwAAQBAJ|title = Bends and Shades|last = RAHMAN|first = JAHED|date = 2014-02-01|publisher = Xlibris Corporation|isbn = 9781493175048|page = 91|language = en}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt; to Dhaka . There was a fort beside the river Buriganga named ''Kella-e-Jahangir'' (Fort of Jahangir).<br /> <br /> ==University==<br /> To show respect to this name, a fully residential public university was established in Dhaka in 1970 as [[Jahangirnagar University]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Old Dhaka]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:History of Dhaka]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Dhaka-geo-stub}}</div>

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