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Sonakanda Fort is a river fort situated in Narayanganj on the eastern bank of Shitalakshya River. Though the actual time of its establishment could not be ascertained, historians believe that the river fort was built by Mir Jumla II, a Subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, to defend Dhaka and Narayanganj from the pirates. ==History== The Bengal went under the effective control of Mughal Empire in 1574 AD after the defeat of Daud Khan Karrani to Mughal General Munim Khan. Mughals exercised a progressive rule in Bengal and were determined to protect their subjects from external forces. Mir Jumla II was appointed as the Subahdar or the governor of the then Bengal province in 1660 AD. He was aware of the pirates who used to run a campaign of terror in the important cities of Bengal. In a quest to protect the capital Dhaka from the pirates, Mir Jumla II decided to build up three river forts around Dhaka. One of these three forts is Sonakanda Fort of Narayanganj. Though the archeologists could not trace any evidence on its date of establishment, according to the historians the construction of the fort started between 1660 AD and 1663 AD. 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「Sonakanda Fort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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