[2] The gate was once a remarkable piece of Mughal architecture in the capital Dhaka and was used to enter the city after arriving on the bank of Buriganga River.

Islam led a successful campaign against the Baro Bhuiyans and shifted the capital of Bengal to Dhaka and gave it the name Jahangirnagar in 1610 AD.

Aurangzeb sent Mir Jumla II, an expert in naval warfare to deal with Shah Shuja in the Ganges river basin of Bengal.

After Shah Shuja fled to Arakan in 1660 AD, Mir Jumla II was appointed as the Subahdar of Bengal by emperor Aurangzeb.

He constructed a number of structures including roads, bridges, culverts and several forts to modernise the city.

[1] After the reestablishment of Dhaka as the capital of Bengal in 1660 AD, the land area of the new city expanded rapidly.

The city was expanded during the period of Mir Jumla II, stretching up to Jafarabad in the west, Postagola in the east and Tongi Bridge in the north.

The current one was erected by Lieutenant General Muhammad Azam Khan, a Martial Law Governor of East Pakistan, which too may have been relocated to its present position while widening the road.

In total the gate, once a gateway to enter into the capital Dhaka used by the Mughals, consisted of 2 pillars.

[3] After renovation, the pillar retained its original shape, but was painted orange to reflect the widespread color scheme of Mughal architecture in Bengal.