Dhaka League Dhaka League Dhaka League is the third tier of football league in Bangladesh played by clubs in Dhaka. Until 2006, it was the top-tier league of the country. First in 1948, a year after the independence of Pakistan and India the Dhaka League became the centre of attraction for the people of Dhaka, which was then in East Pakistan in the 1960s. Sports clubs like Dhaka Wanderers (The President of Dhaka wanderers was MD. Abdul Gaffar coming from a Nawab Family.) and Mohammedan Sporting Club were the more successful ones and grew the base for league football among Bengalis. Dhaka's
History of Dhaka and political reasons, he moved the capital back to Rajmahal. Dhaka became a subordinate station. Due to political turmoil, Emperor Aurangzeb sent Mir Jumla to deal with Prince Shuja. He pursued Shuja up to Dhaka and reached the city on 9 May 1660. But Shuja had already fled to Arakan region. As Jumla was ordered to become the next subahdar of Bengal Subah, Dhaka was again made the capital of the region. He was engaged in construction activities in Dhaka and its suburbs – two roads, two bridges and a network of forts. A fort at Tangi-Jamalpur guarded one of