Jessore Collectorate Building

Jessore Collectorate building is one of the most age old structure of British empire in the Indian subcontinent. Jessore was founded as the first district of Bangladesh. It was declared as a district in the year 1781 and the collectorate was established in 1786. Mr. Tilman Henckell (1781-1789) was the first District Magistrate of Jessore.

The collectorate building of Jessore was built in 1801. It is situated at the Daratana Morh of jessore town. The ground floor of this existing structure was constructed in 1885. The first floor of the building was built in 1982.

It is to mention that, Jessore district was established as a first administrative distrist in this country due to apprehending control over the people of this area who were seemed to be more furious against the British empire. In the year of (1861-1863) Khulna, Magura, Jhinaidah, Narail were declared as Mahkumas under Jessore district. Khulna was segregated as a different district in 1881. After the establishment of Chabbish Pargana district, the area of Satkhira was taken with Chabbish Pargana district and Bangram was added with Jessore as a Mahkuma in 1863. Alfadanga was the part of Mohammadpur Thana of Magura Mahkuma since 1960. Then Alfadanga was made part of the Faridpur district. The oldest district of this country was again reshaped in 1947 by cutting Bangram Mahkuma and in 1984 by declaring Narail, Jhinaidah and Magura as different districts.

North Part of the Building

West Part of the Building

North-West Part of the Building

South Part of the Building (Entrance)

Treasury Section of the Collectorate

Dhaka To Khulna Via Jamuna and Hardinge Bridge

It was 28th August,2011, I started from Dhaka train station for Jessore. I knew that it was long route and in my imagination, I was expecting a breath refreshing journey through the middle of the green nature.

But, with the travel of time, I was being surprised by the industrialization and colonization of people in the both side of the train track. Green fields and Rivers are totally distorted to accommodate the overwhelming population of the country. The gathering came to an end after I crossed the Jamuna Bridge. Then gradually the green world was spreading its wing and I was starting to believe, yeah, a little Bangladesh is yet alive.

I traveled through Dhaka, Gazipur, Tangail, Sirajgang, Pabna, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Jhinaidah and Last of all Jessore in this journey. Here sharing some portraits of green Bangladesh taken from the different parts of train route between Dhaka and Jessore.

The Jamuna (From the Jamuna Bridge)

Evening Shadow on the Green Field (Chuadanga District)

Paddy Field (Chuadanga)

Banana field in the south part of the Hardinge bridge (over The Padma river - Kushtia)

Taken From Sirajganj

The Jamuna

Train Line Through Jhinaidah

Realizing Autumn Season (Pabna District)

From Jessore

From Tangail

Char Lands in Jamuna River (Sirajganj)