Bahadur Shah Park, formerly known as Victoria Park, is a park located in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bahadur Shah Park, formerly known as Victoria Park, is a park located in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.It has a memorial dedicated to the soldiers killed by the British in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.[2] It was built in 1858 at the initiative of Nawab Khwaja Abdul Ghani, in the Sadarghat area. It was named Victoria Park until 1947.[3] After that, it was renamed after Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor.
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