Nazirabazar
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Nazirabazar
নাজিরাবাজার | |
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  Nazirabazar | |
| Coordinates: 23°43′10″N 90°24′26″E / 23.7195063°N 90.4073558°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| District | Dhaka |
| Region | Old Dhaka |
Nazirabazar is a neighborhood of Dhaka. It is situated in old part of the city. There are many shoe factories. This place is famous for many restaurants and eateries also.
Nazirabazar area consisting of Kazi Alauddin Road, Bangshal, France Road area.[1] To arrive at Nazirabazar, one can start walking from Bangabazar that situated near Gulistan.[2]
In Mughal period, various government department officials were called Nazir. They lived around this area and that's why the market is named Nazirabazar.[2]
Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib moved into a house in Nazirabazar when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested in 1954 after the Governor General of Pakistan, Ghulam Mohammad, abolished the United Front cabinet and issued a governorship.[3]
Earl Robert Miller ate biryani of Nazirabazar. The former US ambassador praised its biryani. [2]