Pilkhana, Bangladesh
Pilkhana
BGB Head Quarter | |
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Para-Military Cantonment | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Dhaka Division |
District | Dhaka District |
Pilkhana is a locality within Dhaka City in Bangladesh.In this locality originally in 1885 the Head Quarter of Assam Bengal Rifles was established and with the passage of time and with change of name of the said para-military force the headquarters of its changed name erstwhile East Pakistan Rifles,EPR,thereafter erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles,BDR and currently the Border Guard Bangladesh,BGB is situated. Pilkhana is not officially named in any record of Dhaka City Corporation,yet the same is the popular name of this Para-military Head quarter,due to the reason that in the period of Mughal Empire the Royal Elephants were kept within this place, whereupon this place was named as Pilkhana, 'Pil' means the Elephant and the 'Khana' is the Stable.