Sutrapur Thana

Sutrapur is located at 23.7000°N 90.4208°E / 23.7000; 90.4208. It has 49,286 households and total area 4.38 km².

At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sutrapur had a population of 307,483, of whom 186,619 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 57.33% of the population, and females 42.67%. Sutrapur had an average literacy rate of 63.3% (7+ years), twice as high as the national average of 32.4%.[1]

• Bhajahari Lodge is an early 20th century building on the Department of Archaeology's list of protected monuments.[2][3]

Sutrapur is home to some of the old and renowned schools, like Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, St Gregory's High School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Muslim Government High School, and Pogose School, Dhaka.

Hrishikesh Das Road

Hrishikesh Das Road is a traditional street situated in Sutrapur, Dhaka.[4] It is also known as Hrishikesh Das Lane.[5] Its length is 1 km. This is one of the main routes to Sutrapur.[6] There are several old and traditional structures along the road.

Hrishikesh Das was a wealthy banker and businessman of the nineteenth century. He produced bricks, surki and traded lime, wood and coal. He was also a zamindar.[7] He paid for the cost of electric lighting from Municipal Street to Narinda pool. That is why this part of Walter Road is named as Hrishikesh Das Road.[8][9]

Hrishikesh Das Road is the place of heritage buildings and it was declared as heritage sites for their historic, aesthetic, scientific and social importance through a gazette published by RAJUK on February 12, 2009.[10]

Shriyut Madan Gopal Jiu Vigraha Thakur Temple

On both sides of Hrishikesh Das Road, there are numerous structures of British period which are more than one hundred years old. These houses have semicircular arches, stained glass windows, herpet-designed parapets, and beautiful porches with metal or wooden pillars. The complete beauty of these buildings cannot be realized from the outside. Many homes have open courtyards that can only be seen through a narrow entrance.

According to the elders, the Murapara zamindar family also has a house here. Many zamindars, whose zamindari was outside Dhaka, also built houses here. From this, the historical significance of this area can be understood.

There are two old temples named Sriyut Madan Gopal Jiu Vigraha Thakur Temple and Sri Sri Sitanath Jiu Vigraha Temple. However, due to lack of conservation, they are losing their architectural beauty.[4]

The Hayat Bepari Mosque, established in 1664, is located on this street. Hayat Bepari, the builder of Narinda Pool, established the mosque. At present the original form of the mosque is no more. It looks like Binat Bibi Mosque of Narinda and had only one dome.[11]

In 2018, it was decided to demolish a historic house on Hrishikesh Das Road, but it was later stayed by a High Court order.[12]

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  A temple established by Hrishikesh Das on 24 Shravan 1319.
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  Traditional old building
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  An old house is being demolished (2018)
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  Luxurious old house
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  Temple established by Mrs. Lalita Vaishnavi Sevait, daughter of late Jagannath Das on 26 Ashar 1290

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