Chawk Masjid

Earlier in this place Nawab Murshid Quli Khan had built the "Chahel Sutan", which was the city's forty pillared audience hall.

The Masjid was founded by Munny Begum, the wife of Nawab Mir Zafar in 1767 AD under the supervision of Shaikh Khalilallah .

Earlier on this venue Nawab Murshid Quli Khan built the "Chahel Sutan", which was the city's forty pillared audience hall.

The mosque still recalls the stories of the ruling days of the Nawabs and still holds on its glory of the past.

The mosque is located in the Nizamat Fort Area near the Hazarduari Palace and its other nearby buildings.

This mosque was of great importance in the Nawabi era as Munny Begum was a favourite of Robert Clive and Warren Hastings in terms of her lavish distribution.