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From Mughal Outpost to Metropolis is the first book that provides a pictorial history of the evolution of Dhaka’s urban social and political fabric and architecture. The book tells the story of how people lived, thought, and made this great city of the East. Dhaka’s four hundred years of history is a collage of the legacy of the great empires, the Mughals and the British, and many foreign interlopers, like French, Greek, Arabs, Afghans, Turks, and Armenians, who came to this land seeking business and fortune. Like many other cities of the developing world, Dhaka is a fast growing metropolis of nearly nine million people, a large proportion of them living in poor, unsanitary conditions. Against this background, is the sharply contrasting signs of modernism; the high-rise buildings, the automobiles, and the computers.
Golam Rabbani
Golam Rabbani is a professional medical scientist, but started off as a photographer almost fifteen years ago. During this period, he lived in and visited many places of the world, photographing landscapes in Europe, Africa, and the National Parks in the United States. Dr. Rabbani studied professional photography in New York, won numerous photography awards, and held exhibitions of his work. His interest in this challenging field of photography reflects his love and appreciation for nature and his ability to record on film the impact of time, place, and perspectives.
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