Curzon Hall is part of the school of science of the University of Dhaka With its significance in education during the post independence era of Bangladesh as well as afterwards, it has become an emblem of educational tradition of the country.In
the wake of the first partition of Bengal in 1905, a group of architecturally
homogeneous building was erected in Dhaka illustrating a happy blending of the
Mughal and European tastes. Massive in appearance these buildings were
characterized by a symmetrical composition of their component part and a great
variety of eye-catching external detail. The foundation stone of Curzon Hall
was laid by Lord Curzon on 14 February 1904. Its elegent facade with its
central projecting bay and wide arched horse shoe shaped portals with windows
avobe, has a attractively variegated by a series of panels, bracketed eaves and
kiosks crowning the roof, whilst the corners are relieved with miners.
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