Kakrail

Kakrail

কাকরাইল
Kakrail কাকরাইল
Neighbourhood
	Skyline of Kakrail
	Coordinates: 23°44′20″N 90°24′27″E / 23.73889°N 90.40750°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Dhaka District
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal Code	1000

Kakrail (Bengali: কাকরাইল) is a neighbourhood in Dhaka. It is under Ramna Thana and falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka South City Corporation. Over time, Kakrail has grown into a mostly residential area, with apartment plots and schools, but subsequently, several NGOs and government offices have been set up there.

Etymology

Historian Muntassir Mamoon theorized that Kakrail may be named after a British commissioner to Dacca, Cockerell. The name "Kakrail" could be a Bengali corruption of his name.^[1]

History

As Dhaka expanded after the 1947 Partition of Bengal, Kakrail became a residential colony.^[2]

A mosque in the area, the Kakrail Mosque, became the markaz (headquarters) of the Tablighi Jamaat in East Bengal. Their Bishwa Ijtema was held there annually starting in 1954.^[3] The gathering was moved to Tongi in 1966 when it outgrew the Kakrail Mosque.^[4]

Kakrail has become part of Dhaka's main central business district. It became an early site of hotel-centered prostitution. By 2005, it was also one of the main places in the city for streetwalking.^[5]

A posterwallah interviewed by anthropologist Lotte Hoek named Kakrail as the second best place in the city for putting up film posters. A large number of potential moviegoers pass through its densely choked streets, and are forced to do so slowly enough that they have an opportunity to take in the posters.^[6]

Geography

Kakrail is located in south central Dhaka. To the north of Kakrail lies Siddheswari. Shantinagar of Paltan Thana is to the east and northeast of Kakrail. Kakrail touches Shahbag Thana to the south via Segunbagicha. Ramna Park lies to Kakrail's west.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Dhaka's storied roads". Dhaka Tribune. 8 February 2014.
^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan (1962) [First published 1956]. Dacca: A Record of its Changing Fortunes (2nd ed.). Mrs. S.S. Dani. p. 153. OCLC 4715069.
^ Björkman, Nina (1 January 2010). "The Biswa Ijtema". Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis. 22: 13–14. doi:10.30674/scripta.67359.
^ Siddiqi, Bulbul (2018). Becoming 'Good Muslim': The Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh. Springer Singapore. p. 79. ISBN 978-981-10-7235-2.
^ Siddiqui, K.; Ahmed, J.; Siddique, K.; Huq, S.; Hossain, A.; Nazimud-Doula, S.; Rezawana, N. (2010). Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985-2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity. Routledge. pp. 6, 287–288. ISBN 978-1-317-05400-9. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ Hoek, Lotte (2 January 2016). "Urban Wallpaper: Film Posters, City Walls and the Cinematic Public in South Asia". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 39 (1): 89. doi:10.1080/00856401.2016.1139029. hdl:20.500.11820/3430a8e5-23ca-4551-955c-9e33089946af.

External links

Media related to Kakrail at Wikimedia Commons Kakrail travel guide from Wikivoyage

[1] "Dhaka's storied roads". Dhaka Tribune. 8 February 2014.

[2] Dani, Ahmad Hasan (1962) [First published 1956]. Dacca: A Record of its Changing Fortunes (2nd ed.). Mrs. S.S. Dani. p. 153. OCLC 4715069.

[3] Björkman, Nina (1 January 2010). "The Biswa Ijtema". Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis. 22: 13–14. doi:10.30674/scripta.67359.

[4] Siddiqi, Bulbul (2018). Becoming 'Good Muslim': The Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh. Springer Singapore. p. 79. ISBN 978-981-10-7235-2.

[5] Siddiqui, K.; Ahmed, J.; Siddique, K.; Huq, S.; Hossain, A.; Nazimud-Doula, S.; Rezawana, N. (2010). Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985-2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity. Routledge. pp. 6, 287–288. ISBN 978-1-317-05400-9. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[6] Hoek, Lotte (2 January 2016). "Urban Wallpaper: Film Posters, City Walls and the Cinematic Public in South Asia". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 39 (1): 89. doi:10.1080/00856401.2016.1139029. hdl:20.500.11820/3430a8e5-23ca-4551-955c-9e33089946af.

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