Indira Road information

Indira Road
Namesake	Indira, Eldest daughter of Dwijdas Babu, a Rich person of this area
Type	Street
Maintained by	Dhaka North City Corporation
Length	1 km (0.62 mi)
Location	Framgate, Dhaka Bangladesh
Postal code	1207
Nearest Dhaka Metro station	Farmgate metro station
East end	Framgate
West end	Bangabandhu Square

Indira Road is the name of a road adjoining the Farmgate area of Dhaka city.^[1]

There is no evidence that it is named after Indira Gandhi.^[2] There are another concept about the naming of the road. In that area a wealthy person named Dwijdas Babu lived who was head of Manipur firm. His eldest daughter named Indira died. Her body was buried inside of their own house. People think that the road was named after his daughter.^[3]

The road is under Dhaka North City Corporation and Tejgaon Thana.^[4]^[5] Tejgaon College is situated in the road.^[6] The government's Indira Road-Panthapath link road project is underway.^[7]

^ Chiran, Mathews (21 September 2019). "INDIRA ROAD: Brisk business on footpath". The Daily Star.
^ Muntassir Mamoon. ঢাকা: স্মৃতি বিস্মৃতির নগরী [Dhaka: The city of memory and oblivion] (in Bengali). Ananya Prakashani. p. 47. ISBN 984-412-104-3.
^ Nazir Hossain (April 1995). কিংবদন্তির ঢাকা [Dhaka of legends] (in Bengali). Three Star Co-operative Multipurpose Society Ltd. p. 364. ISBN 984-30-0153-2.
^ "আগোরার ইন্দিরা রোড শাখাকে লাখ টাকা জরিমানা". BD News 24 (in Bengali). 16 May 2019.
^ "ইন্দিরা রোড থেকে ছুরিকাঘাতে নিহত ব্যক্তির লাশ উদ্ধার". Bangla News 24 (in Bengali). 9 September 2012.
^ "ইন্দিরা রোডে হকারদের দখলে লেগুনাস্ট্যান্ডও". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 10 February 2017.
^ "দুই যুগেও হয়নি পান্থপথ-ইন্দিরা রোড সংযোগ সড়ক". Dhaka Times. 2 December 2016.

[1] Chiran, Mathews (21 September 2019). "INDIRA ROAD: Brisk business on footpath". The Daily Star.

[muntasir.mamaun.smriti-2] Muntassir Mamoon. ঢাকা: স্মৃতি বিস্মৃতির নগরী [Dhaka: The city of memory and oblivion] (in Bengali). Ananya Prakashani. p. 47. ISBN 984-412-104-3.

[Najir.hossain.kingbodonti-3] Nazir Hossain (April 1995). কিংবদন্তির ঢাকা [Dhaka of legends] (in Bengali). Three Star Co-operative Multipurpose Society Ltd. p. 364. ISBN 984-30-0153-2.

[4] "আগোরার ইন্দিরা রোড শাখাকে লাখ টাকা জরিমানা". BD News 24 (in Bengali). 16 May 2019.

[5] "ইন্দিরা রোড থেকে ছুরিকাঘাতে নিহত ব্যক্তির লাশ উদ্ধার". Bangla News 24 (in Bengali). 9 September 2012.

[6] "ইন্দিরা রোডে হকারদের দখলে লেগুনাস্ট্যান্ডও". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 10 February 2017.

[7] "দুই যুগেও হয়নি পান্থপথ-ইন্দিরা রোড সংযোগ সড়ক". Dhaka Times. 2 December 2016.

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