Shahbag is a major neighbourhood and police precinct in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is also a major public transport hub. It is a junction between two contrasting sections of
Shahbag Thana (police station) main entrance
Mosque/Tomb of Khwaja Shahbaz, built in 1679
Elephants being ridden through Ramna Gate, Race Course, 1875
Water tower in Shahbagh gardens, 1904
Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani was the second Nawab of Dhaka and the first to assume the title of Nawab as hereditary, recognized by the British Raj.