Husaini Dalan,Ddaka

                             (Husaini Dalan)
Husaini Dalan is the earliest Imambara in the Indian subcontinent as a whole complex. Mir Murad, the superintendent of the Nawara (Head of the fleet or boat) estates of Nizamat built the Husaini Dalan in the year 1642. At the time prince shah shuja was the subahdar of Bengal. It is situated in the southern part of the city of Dhaka about one kilometer from the river Buriganga. The road in the north of the boundary, the main entrance is called 'Husaini Dalan Road'. The south area is called 'Tahkhana'. The west is called 'Bakshi Bazar' and the east 'Nazimuddin Road'. The present area of Husaini Dalan is approximately 6.2 bighas (8453 sq. meters). The main building 'Husaini Dalan' is situated in the middle of complex, built on an area of about 0.65 Bigahs (88.05 sq. meters). In the south touching the building there is a pond. Opposite the main staircase in the east there was the tomb of Nawab Gaziuddin Haider having eight graves called 'Muqbara-e-Naiyeb Nazim'. Sometimes in 1985 the building of the Mukbara collapsed. Later only the boundary of the building has been built. The double storied building situated in the north at the main entrance is called 'Naobat Khana'. The meaning of Naobat is 'Drum' and it was beaten to inform people about the timing of 'Majlish' in Muharram. Other than there is a 'Ganj-E-Shahidan', and 'Kotwali Dalan' adjacent to the Naobat Khana, and a Gusal Khana (bathing place). After the death of Mir Murad, the Naib Najims of the then Dhaka took over the management of Husaini Dalan. In 1844, a new management committee started their activities under the leadership ofkhaja alimullah, the founder of the Nawab family. In 1891 Khaja ahasanullah took over the charges of Husaini Dalan Imambara as a sole administrator. During his period an earthquake occurred (1897 AD) and the north part of the building was partly damaged. Nawab Ahsanullah reconstructed the building. In the year 1959 AD the then Pakistan government appointed a management committee after the death of Nawab Ahsanullah. After the Independence, The Ministry of Home Affairs of Peoples Republic Bangladesh took the charge of the building.
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