Bangabhaban

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Bangabhaban, the office-cum-residence of the Hon’ble President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, is the symbol of pride and glory of the Bangali nation. Bangabhaban started its journey against the backdrop of the creation of historic new province named Eastern Bengal and Assam out of the old Bengal Presidency in 1905. By a proclamation being sanctioned by His Majesty the King, Emperor of India; the Governor-General in Council was pleased to declare and constitute the new province on...

Bangabhaban, the office-cum-residence of the Hon’ble President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, is the symbol of pride and glory of the Bangali nation. Bangabhaban started its journey against the backdrop of the creation of historic new province named Eastern Bengal and Assam out of the old Bengal Presidency in 1905. By a proclamation being sanctioned by His Majesty the King, Emperor of India; the Governor-General in Council was pleased to declare and constitute the new province on 1st September, 1905 during the regime of Lord Curzon. Dhaka became the capital of newly constituted Province. The authority also appointed Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, a member of Indian Civil Service, as the first Lieutenant-Governor of the province.