I want to share with you a funny and exciting story. It’s an amusing experience for me. Today, I will tell you a story about my school times bunk class experience. How did my friends and I bunk in class and decide to go to Lalbughkellah or Lalbugh Fort?
Lalbagh Fort (also Fort Aurangabad) is an incomplete 17th-century Mughal fort complex that stands before the Buriganga River in southwestern Dhaka, Bangladesh. The construction was started in 1678 AD by Mughal Subahdar Muhammad Azam Shah, the son of Emperor Aurangzeb and later emperor himself. His successor, Shaista Khan, did not continue the work, though he stayed in Dhaka until 1688.
One day, my friends Roshni, Shakil, Jibon, and Shila decided we would not attend school today. We are going to visit Lalbugh Fort. We are ready to visit historical places alone, without elders or parents. We are very excited and afraid, too. As teenagers, this is our first outing without any elderly. We five are excited about this tour and also feel fear for the unknown place. At least we will reach Lalbugh Fort with joy and fear and enjoy our first solo journey.
We saw many historic structures and construction in Lalbugh and learned about old, authentic Mughal buildings, including Bibi Pari's Mausoleum. Here, the only Black Basalt Rajmahal Hills are from Rajputana. We learn unknown things from this Frot visit.
My friends and I enjoyed the whole day. We ate together, drew pictures of the Fort, played various games on the ground, and wrote about our experiences on this tour, gossiping about each other about the tourists who also visited the Fort.
The south gate of the Fort was painted by Johan Zoffany in 1787
The Mughal prince Muhammad Azam, the third son of Aurangzeb, started the work of the Fort in 1678 during his vice-royalty in Bengal. He stayed in Bengal for 15 months. The Fort remained incomplete when he was called away by his father, Aurangzeb.
Shaista Khan was the new subahdar of Dhaka at that time, and he did not complete the Fort. In 1684, his daughter, Iran Dukht Pari Bibi, died there. After her death, he thought the Fort was unlucky, leaving the structure incomplete. Among the three major parts of Lalbagh Fort is the tomb of Pari Bibi.
After Shaista Khan left Dhaka, it lost its popularity. The leading cause was that the capital was moved from Dhaka to Murshidabad. After the end of the royal Mughal period, the Fort was abandoned. In 1844, the area became Lalbagh, replacing Aurangabad, and the Fort became Lalbagh Fort.
For long, the Fort was considered a combination of three buildings (the mosque, the tomb of Bibi Pari and the Diwan-i-Aam), with two gateways and a portion of the partly damaged fortification wall. Recent excavations by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh have revealed the existence of other structures.
The southern fortification wall has a massive bastion in the southwestern corner. To the north of the south of the fortification wall were the utility buildings, stable, and administration block. The western part accommodated a beautiful roof garden with fountains and a water reservoir. The residential part was located east of the fortification wall, mainly to the southwest of the mosque.
The fortification wall on the south had five bastions at regular intervals, each two stories in height, and the western wall had two bastions; the biggest one was near the main southern gate. The bastions had a tunnel.
The central area of the Fort is occupied by three buildings -the Diwan-i-Aam and the hammam on its east, the Mosque on the west, and the Tomb of Pari Bibi in between the two in one line, but not at an equal distance. A water channel with fountains at regular intervals connects the three buildings from east to west and north to south.
It's an excellent experience for me and my friends. Although we bunk the class, we learn a life experience and collect knowledge on authentic structure and how to build that age. I want to share a memory of my school life with you. It's an adventure, fun, with many memories, and an excellent day for all of us.
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