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the hallway inside still has the original floor, the high ceilings, wooden shutters, and one piece of furniture left - the marble table
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Chuck in the Nawab Bari. we visited an uncle who still lives there. check out the photos on the wall. center pic shows one of the ancestors with Lord Minto (viceroy of India) & wife visiting this house (road in front of Sheraton's named after Mint
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I found out i'm descended from Emperor Giasuddin Tugluk of Delhi, so i can trace my family tree back to 1320 AD! #7 on bottom right corner of this family tree was my great grandmother - she lived with my grandmother when i was little
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me with Ammu & Abbu - waiting for tea to be served
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Ammu, Abbu and Chuck with our uncle at the Nawab Bari
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documents signed by the viceroy & governer general of india conferring titles on the ancestors
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we liked this big pond in front of an aunt's house
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cousins with Chuck. their roof was so nice to hang out on, especially with the big pond. so relaxing after crazy busy Dhaka city!
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me, Chuck & Abbu with cousins
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there's a pond nearby even bigger than this one. story behind bigger pond is the nawab's wife was sick, & the doctor said to take her to the seaside. it was too far for travelling in those days being sick, so he built her the huge pond
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Comilla town
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old colonial building now converted to a bank
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