At the middle south part of the area, there exists a defunct grave yard known as Iraqi graveyard, which is now used as play ground.
Due to the openness of the Iraqi play ground and Azimpur graveyard, the entire locality has an extra advantage of flow of fresh Air, so also comes from the greenery of BGB headquarters, meaning thereby that this locality has ample greenery in one side and ample open space on the other side.
At that time One local Dhakaiya Kutti Lady Golenur Khatoon, popularly known as 'Lalur Maa' was owner of vast land at the northern portion of the area, who almost enjoying the status of Zamindar and residing in her thatched hut residence at the northern portion of the area where she was, as her profession, running a tea stall just beside the 3rd gate of the then EPR, which was known as 'Lalur Maar Dokan'.
Another Dhakaiya Kutti gentleman Ayub Ali Sardar was also owner of a big chunk of land in the area, but he lived on the other side of the EPR 3rd gate.
The later renowned personality of the area 'Janab Saiyad Alam Khan' purchased two Bigha land in the year 1948 for Rs.650 per Bigha and erected a one storied residential Building at the center of the paddy field and became the first settler of the new locality named by him 'New Paltan' on the basis of its biggest Mouza name 'Natun Paltaner lane'.
In the year 1949 Janab Abul Hashem Khan purchased six katha land for Rs.350.00 and erected one-storied residence in 1950, by taking loan of Rs.14,000.00 from Newly established House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC).
This trend continued and different gentlemen started purchasing land on the request of earlier settlers and erected their residential houses.
In the year 1962 Dr. Abdul Gaffar Khan MB (Cal), a renowned physician and social worker previously living at Calcutta, on the instance of his younger brother, the earlier settler Janab Abul Hashem Khan, purchased six katha land at the north-western corner of the area, just beside the then East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) boundary, at an amount of Rs.800.00 and on his initiation the initial inhabitants started to lay out the roads of the locality and accordingly the then Dacca Pourashava took over the area and started laying out the infrastructures, including paving the kutcha roads and allocating holding numbers.
It has a Hefz Khana and a liillah boarding where currently 70 students are getting Quran-e-hafez training including food and lodging free.
This play ground is treated as the only breathing space of the locality where the elderly people stroll in the evening and 'Namaz-e-janaja' of deceased persons are held in this field.