Amirabad Estate, Faridpur

The Telihati-Amirabad Estate was the largest zamindar estate in Faridpur District, Bengal, British India. Within colonial-era Greater Faridpur (that included the present-day districts of Faridpur, Rajbari, Gopalganj, Shariatpur and Madaripur), the estate covered 72,000 acres of land. The estate owned lands outside Faridpur, including landholdings across the Bengal Presidency, Eastern Bengal and Assam (1905-1912), The Punjab and Arabia. The family of the estate has been an important political family which has produced members of the Bengal Legislative Council, the Bengal Legislative Assembly, the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Parliament of Bangladesh.

The family of the estate carry the title and surname of Chowdhury. They were locally described as Biswas. The legacy of the estate lives on in the name of the Amirabad railway station of the Bangladesh Railway in Faridpur, Bangladesh. The estate also has a rich architectural legacy, including the mansion of Moyez Manzil, the grounds of Biswas Bari and other hamlets.


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