Amjhupi Nilkuthi travel guide

History and background

A house of the English indigo planters on the bank of the Kajla River. Folklore says Robert Clive and Mir Jafar met secretly here before the Battle of Plassey, though historians don't agree. It is also linked to memories of the oppression of indigo farmers.

How to get to Amjhupi Nilkuthi

About 7 km from Meherpur town.

Meherpur is about 280 km from Dhaka; the journey takes 6 hours.

• 🚌 By bus: Meherpur buses from Gabtoli (J R, Shyamoli, Royal), fare ৳600–800.

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

Meherpur's Sabitri sweets, mangoes

Good to know

• Spend an afternoon in the old mango orchard next door

More places to visit in Meherpur district

• Mujibnagar Memorial — Where the first government was sworn in on 17 April 1971; the mango grove, the memorial and the Liberation War map complex.

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