Farashganj
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| Farashganj | |
      Clockwise from the top: Ruplal House, Shree Shree Priya Ballabh, Buckland Bund, Northbrook Hall, Mangalalay, Bibi Ka Rauza | |
| Etymology: Farash (French) + ganj (town) | |
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  Farashganj Location of Farashganj within Dhaka  Farashganj Farashganj (Bangladesh) | |
| Coordinates: 23°42′08″N 90°25′07″E / 23.70222°N 90.41861°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka |
| District | Dhaka District |
| City Corporation | Dhaka South City Corporation |
| Thana | Sutrapur |
| Ward | 43 |
| Founded by |  French East India Company |
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| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Historical | French |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1100 |
Farashganj (Bengali: ফরাশগঞ্জ [pʰɔɾaʃɡɔnd͡ʒ], French: Farasgange [faʁasɡɑ̃ʒ]) is a neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The name comes from the Bengali word for French which is Forashi and ganj, meaning market-town.[1][2]
- ^ Rahman, S M Mahfuzur (2012). "Farashganj". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Once a French business hub". The Daily Star. 24 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.