Curzon Hall

Curzon Hall
Curzon Hall
কার্জন হল
	Front view
General information
Status	In use
Location	Shahbagh Thana, Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°43′39″N 90°24′07″E / 23.727389°N 90.401902°E
Groundbreaking	19 February 1904
Owner	University of Dhaka

The Curzon Hall is a British Raj-era building and home of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka, located in Shahbagh.^[1]

The building was originally intended to be a town hall and is named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who laid its foundation stone in 1904.^[1] Upon the establishment of Dacca University in 1921, it became the base of the university's science faculty.

^ ^a ^b Perween Hasan (2012). "Curzon Hall". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

[bpedia-1] Perween Hasan (2012). "Curzon Hall". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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