Panam Nagar, Sonargaon

Panam Nagar is located to the north of Sonargaon, the capital of the independent Sultanate of Bengal around the 13th century AD, about 27 km. east from Dhaka. Sonargaon acquired great importance as an inland port, connecting ancient Bengal with Middle East and Far Eastern countries. With the Muslim rule in the 13th century, it flourished as the capital of Bengal till 1608, when Dhaka superseded it. Although its political importance was diminished, it remained a center of commerce and trade for a long time. Panam Nagar came into prominence in the later part of 19th and early 20th century, when a cloth trading centre grew up under the influential Landlords. The cloth merchants came from various places such as Kolkata, Patna or Mumbai. These wealthy Hindu merchants, titled Sahas and Poddars, built their exquisite residences in a beautiful setting in Panam Nagar