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| Location | Murshidabad, West Bengal, India |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 24°09′45″N88°15′32″E / 24.162610°N 88.258911°E /24.162610; 88.258911 |
| Style | Islamic architecture |
| Size | 7.65 acres |
| No. of graves | Graves of NawabSiraj ud-Daulah,Lutfunnisa Begum, NawabAlivardi Khan, Alivardi Khan's mother and other members of the family of theNawabs of Bengal |
| Website | "Khoshbagh". Archived fromthe original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved4 April 2014. |
Khushbagh (also spelled asKhoshbagh;literally "Garden of Happiness") is the garden-cemetery of theNawabs of Bengal, situated on the west bank of theHooghly river, about a mile from its east bank, in theMurshidabad-JiaganjCD block inLalbag subdivision ofMurshidabad district,West Bengal,India.[1][2][3][4] Khushbagh hosts the graves of the Nawabs of Bengal of the Afshar dynasty and their family members; whileJafarganj Cemetery hosts the graves of the later Nawabs and their families, starting fromMir Jafar, who belonged to the Najafi dynasty. Khushbagh is the resting place of NawabSiraj ud-Daulah, his wife Lutf-un-nisa, NawabAlivardi Khan, and his mother, amongst others.
Khushbagh is located at24°09′45″N88°15′32″E / 24.162610°N 88.258911°E /24.162610; 88.258911.
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The garden-cemetery was built by the first Nawab of Bengal, Nawab Alivardi Khan. It consists of walled enclosures. The outer walls had looped holes for musketry and used to be flanked by octagonalbastions.[1] The garden hosts the graves ofSiraj ud-Daulah andAlivardi Khan, inside a square, flat-roofed mausoleum surrounded by an arcade verandah.[1] It also hosts a mosque, built by Nawab Alivardi Khan, on the lines of theJama Masjid of Delhi, built on a plinth of 2,675 square feet (248.5 m2) area.[1]
After the death of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, in theBattle of Plassey in 1757, his wifeLutfunnisa Begum refused to joinMir Jafar'sharem and fled toDacca (present day Dhaka, inBangladesh). She later returned toMurshidabad, and it is said that she lived in Khushbagh tending to his grave and the 108 varieties of roses which once bloomed in the gardens, for several years. She also allegedly spent₹1,000 for the maintenance of Khushbagh and after her death, in 1790, she was buried near the grave of her husband Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah.[1]
The garden-cemetery is built on a 7.65 acres (3.10 ha) land and is surrounded by a 2,741 feet (835 m) long wall.[1]
His [Alivardi's] dead body was buried at the foot of his mother's grave atKhushbāg on the west bank of the Bhāgrathi oppositeMotijhil.
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