Hajiganj Fort is a Mughal
Fort. It was built on the bank of Shitalakshya River at present-day Hajiganj in Narayanganj,
Bangladesh.
According to Munsi Rahman Ali this Mughal fort was probably established during
the time of Mir Jumla. On the other hand Ahmed Hasan Dani on his “Muslim
Architecture in Bengal” said that Islam Khan build the Fort after setting the
capital at Dhaka. As there is no stone inscription found at Fort it’s still
undecided who build it but Mughal use this fort to counter the raids of the
Maghs and the Portuguese Hajiganj Fort situated on the western bank of the Sitalakshya River at
Hajiganj in Narayanganj. This Mughal fort was probably established during the
time of mir jumla to counter the raids of the Maghs and the Portuguese.
The fort, quadrangular in size, consists of a pentagonal curtain wall machicolated
for muskets with rounded corner bastioins, rampart wall around the wall inside,
a free tall square column in a corner, and a gateway towards the river.
