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| Keywords: Nawab's Shahbagh Garden Dhaka 1904.jpg en Photograph taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 with a general view looking towards a pavilion in the Nawab's Shahbagh gardens in Dacca Dhaka now the capital of Bangladesh part of an album of 30 prints from the Curzon Collection Lord Curzon was Viceroy of India from 1899-1905 In February 1904 he toured Eastern Bengal and visited Dhaka on the 18th and 19th where he stayed at the Ahsan Manzil Palace This album of gelatine-silver prints commemorates his Dhaka visit though it is not a record of it and only presents us with general views Kapp worked as a commercial photographer from the 1880s onwards and had studios in Chowringhee Road and Humayun Place in Calcutta From the early 1900s he had a studio in Wise Ghat Road in Dhaka Dhaka became prominent in the 17th century as a provincial capital of the Mughal empire and was a major centre of trade particularly in fine muslins Its history though largely obscured is ancient and it was brought under Islamic rule by the 13th century first by the Delhi Sultanate then by the independent sultans of Bengal after which it was taken by the Mughals in 1608 In the 18th century Dhaka was eclipsed by Murshidabad under the Nawabs of Bengal and its population diminished As the fortunes of the Nawabs declined the power of the East India Company became a new factor Queen Victoria ™s Proclamation in 1858 brought all the territories held by the Company including Dhaka under British rule 1904 http //www oldindianphotos in/2010/05/nawabs-shahbagh-garden-dhaka-1904_25 html Fritz Kapp Custom license marker 2012 12 23 PD-Bangladesh Old vintage photographs of Bangladesh Uploaded with UploadWizard Fritz Kapp British Library Photo 430 Curzon Collection Gardens in Bangladesh | ||||
