Bir Sreshtho Hamidur Rahman Memorial Museum travel guide

History and background

Sepoy Hamidur Rahman (1953–1971), one of the seven Bir Sreshthos (highest gallantry award), was born in Khorda Khalishpur village, Maheshpur. He was killed in the Liberation War attacking the Dholai border outpost. His village has a library and memorial museum.

How to get to Bir Sreshtho Hamidur Rahman Memorial Museum

At Khorda Khalishpur in Maheshpur upazila; about 50 km from Jhenaidah.

Jhenaidah is about 220 km from Dhaka; the journey takes 5 hours.

• 🚌 By bus: Jhenaidah/Kushtia buses from Gabtoli (SB, Hanif, Shyamoli), fare ৳500–700.

Where to stay

The district town has basic and mid-range hotels (roughly ৳800–2,500). Government circuit houses and dak bungalows can be used with permission.

What to eat

Jhenaidah date-palm jaggery, bananas

Good to know

• Maheshpur's Duttanagar agricultural farm is also nearby

More places to visit in Jhenaidah district

• Old mosques of Barobazar — Many Sultanate-period mosques including Galakata, Jor Bangla and Satgachhia.
• Naldanga Rajbari Temples — The temple complex of the Naldanga rajas.
• Miar Dalan — An old zamindar building from 1929 on the bank of the Nabaganga River.

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