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Nimtali Deuri. The word ‘''deuri''’ means a gateway or an entrance. The area ‘Nimtali’ was famous for the Nawabs or Naib Nazims, who lived in the Nimtali Palace. The origin of this word could not be found, but it is assumed that the place was once full of neem trees. ==History== A close friend of the deputy-governor resided in one of the many abandoned palaces or forts of Dhaka. In 1763, when the British Army officer Lt. Swinton stormed the city, the naib-nazim, Jasrat Khan, who lived in the main forts of Dhaka, was a prisoner of Nawab Mir Qasim in Bihar. When Mir Qasim learnt about Jasrat Khan’s betrayal in saving the British at Dhaka disregarding the orders of Nawab Sirajuddowla, he ordered Dewan Muhammad Beg to imprison Jasrat Khan. Lt. Swinton’s attack was only an attempt to save the friendly deputy-governor. In 1765, Lord Clive, recalling the past services of Jasrat Khan recommended to Nawab Nazmuddaula with the approval of the Calcutta Council, to re-appoint Jasrat Khan the Naib-Nazim of Dhaka. Thus Jasrat Khan returned to Dhaka only to find his residence being taken over by the British and stayed in Bara Katra, another old place of the Mughals. Soon, Swinton was instructed by the Calcutta Council to build a new residence for the naib-nazim. The construction of this new palace at Nimtali was hastily completed towards the end of the Mughal rule of Dhaka in 1765-1766. As it was situated in the Nimtali Mahalla (ward) of the city, it was popularly called Nimtali Kuthi (Nimtali Palace). All but one Nimtali Deuri of the palace have now disappeared.Jasrat Khan left Bara Katra and moved to his own palace (Nimtali Palace).Since then it has been addressed as the residence of the Naib-Nazims. The Nimtali Palace remained the official residence of the naib-nazims till 1843. With the consolidation of power of the East India Company, the naib-nazims gradually lost all military and administrative functions as well as authority. They were officially stripped off their power in 1822. The last of the naib-nazims, Nawab Gaziuddin, who lived there, frittered away all the wealth that the family possessed and lived a very extravagant life and died in 1843. From then on the ownership of the palace changed several hands and most of it was demolished until the early part of the 20th century, when the new capital and University of Dhaka were being built, the Government acquired the entire Nimtali area. The palace of the naib-nazims of Dhaka and the surrounding lands eventually became the property of the Dhaka University. The only surviving gateway now stands within the compound of the ‘ASIATIC SOCIETY’ as the only witness to testify the existence of the Nimtali Palace. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nimtoli Deuri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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