Shashi Lodge

Shashi Lodge
Native name শশী লজ (Bengali)
Palace-residence of Maharaja Shashikant Acharya
Location	Mymensingh Sadar, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°45′42″N 90°24′11″E / 24.761787°N 90.402991°E / 24.761787; 90.402991
Built	1905

The Shashi Lodge (Bengali: শশী লজ), also known as the Rajbari of Mymensingh,^[1] was the palace-residence of Maharaja Shashikant Acharya, who was the Maharaja of the Muktagacha Zamindari Estate in Mymensingh of East Bengal during the time of the British Raj in India.^[2] The palace is located by the river Brahmaputra, in the heart of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.^[3] Through the end of the British Raj and the partition of India in 1947, East Bengal became the eastern wing of the independent state of Pakistan.^[4] After the passing of the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 by the democratic Government of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan, the zamindari system was abolished.^[5] Since 1952, Shashi Lodge was used as a training center for women teachers^[6] and it continued even after East Bengal seceded from Pakistan to become Bangladesh. The Lodge building has deteriorated and is no longer used as a training center.^[7] On 4 April 2015, Shashi Lodge was acquired by the Directorate of Archeology of the Government of Bangladesh to set up a museum.^[8][9]