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How far does Dhaka's history date?

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Dhaka's history dates back to c.AD 1 000 but the city achieved glory as the 17th-century Mughal capital of Bengal. English French and Dutch industrialists set up factories there in the 17th and 18th cent. and Dhaka passed under British rule in 1765.

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