আহসান মঞ্জিল পুরান ঢাকার ইসলামপুরের কুমারটুলী এলাকায় বুড়িগঙ্গা নদীর তীরে অবস্থিত। এটি পূর্বে ছিল ঢাকার নবাবদের আবাসিক প্রাসাদ ও জমিদারীর সদর কাচারি। বর্তমানে এটি জাদুঘর হিসাবে ব্যবহৃত হচ্ছে। এর প্রতিষ্ঠাতা নওয়াব আবদুল গনি।তিনি তার পুত্র খাজা আহসানুল্লাহ-র নামানুসারে এর নামকরণ করেন।১৮৫৯ খ্রিষ্টাব্দে আহসান মঞ্জিলের নির্মাণ কাজ শুরু হয়ে ১৮৭২ খ্রিষ্টাব্দে সমাপ্ত হয়। ১৯০৬ খ্রিষ্টাব্দে এখানে এক অনুষ্ঠিত বৈঠকে মুসলিম লীগ প্রতিষ্ঠার সিদ্ধান্ত হয়। আহসান মঞ্জিল কয়েকবার সংস্কার করা হয়েছে। সর্বশেষ সংস্কার করা হয়েছে অতি সম্প্রতি। এখন এটি বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় জাদুঘর কর্তৃক পরিচালিত একটি জাদুঘর।
History :
During the Mughal Empire, Sheikh Enayetullah, the Zamindar of the Jamalpur Pargana, had a garden house on this property and later added a palace, which he called Rangmahal.[2] He was buried on the northeast corner of the palace yard but his gravesite was ruined at the beginning of the 20th century. His son, Sheikh Matiullah, sold the property to French traders, who erected a trading house beside the property. In 1839, Khwaja Alimullah purchased the property from the French. Alimullah renovated the property, turning the trading house into a residence and adding a stable and a family mosque. After his death, his son Khwaja Abdul Ghani named the property Ahsan Manzil after his son, Khwaja Ahsanullah. He hired Martin and Company, a European construction and engineering firm, to make a master plan for their residence. The palace was constructed during 1859-1872. The old building was renamed Andar Mahal and the new building, Rangmahal.
On 7 April 1888, a tornado severely damaged Ahsan Manzil and it was temporarily abandoned. With the exception of Rangmahal, which only required repairs, all buildings had to be rebuilt. Abdul Ghani and Ahsanullah continued renovations. What was previously the French trading house was rebuilt as a two-storey building similar to the Rangmahal. A wooden bridge connected the first floors of the two buildings. The palace was repaired again following the 1897 Assam earthquake. After Ahsanullah's death in 1901, the property again changed hands due in part to disagreements within the family. It was a slum for a period before the government acquired it in 1952 under the East Bengal Estate Acquisition Act.
The Government of Bangladesh acquired the palace and property in 1985 and began renovating it, taking care to preserve the remaining structure. Renovations were completed in 1992 and ownership was transferred to the Bangladesh National Museum. Part of the northern side of the property was given to the Dhaka City Corporation while half of the Andarmahal and the Nawab residential area were beyond acquisition. Just under 5 acres (220,000 sq ft) was then used for the museum.
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