Building of Pori / Hemnagar zamindar house

       

District  :   Tangail
Upazila  :   Gopalpur

This building is situated at village Shimlapara of Hemnagar union under Gopalpur upazila. On the top of this building, there are two royal decorations and local residents called it the building of the fairy (Porir Building). Zamindar Hemchandra Chowdhury constructed this building in 1890. Hemchandra's building is surrounded by a number of buildings, which were owned by zamindar relatives. There is one hundred rooms in this double-decked palace. The surroundings of the landlord house surrounded by walls. The zamindar house was once very splendid and graceful. In the evolution of time, many traditions of the zamindarbari are losing today. In 1946 Zamindar Hemchandra Chowdhury left this zamindari and went to Calcutta. Later in 1979 this zamindar house was used as Hemnagar Khandker Asaduzzaman Degree College. At present, some of the zamindarbari cells are in broken state. This Hemnagar zamindar house is located in Hemnagar union, about 11-12 km from Gopalpur upazila.

        

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