Azimpur, Dhaka

Azimpur (Bengali: আজিমপুর) is an old region in the old part of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh.

Other accounts attribute the name to Azim-us-Shaan, the Nayeb-e-Nazim of Dhaka during the early 18th century, who was a grandson of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

In 1850, Azimpur shown as a no man's land in the map of surveyor general.

[2] After the 1947 partition, many apartment buildings were built in Azimpur for government officers.

Eden College, was one of the oldest educational institutions for girls in erstwhile British India, is located in Azimpur.

Azimpur Government Colony