# Mill Barrack

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'''Mill Barrack''' ({{langx|bn|মিল ব্যারাক}}) is a former military [barracks](/source/barracks) situated at [Gendaria](/source/Gendaria), [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), Bangladesh, currently occupied by the Range Reserve Force of the [Dhaka Metropolitan Police](/source/Dhaka_Metropolitan_Police).<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.police.gov.bd/content.php?id=142 |title=Range Police |publisher=Bangladesh Police |accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref> After the [Indian Rebellion of 1857](/source/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857) it held the forces that had been located at [Lalbagh Fort](/source/Lalbagh_Fort).<ref>{{citation 
|author=AM Chowdhury
|chapter=Dhaka
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dhaka
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh](/source/Asiatic_Society_of_Bangladesh) |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref> It held one of two police training schools that were set up in [Bengal](/source/Bengal) in 1903, and is now used for training traffic police.<ref>{{citation 
|author=Ahmed Amin Chowdhury
|chapter=Police Administration
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Police_Administration
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh](/source/Asiatic_Society_of_Bangladesh) |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>

== History ==
The Dacca Sugar Works Company established a [sugar mill](/source/Sugar_refinery) on the site in the 1840s. The enterprise was unsuccessful, and closed in the early 1850s. The building was sold in 1856 to British merchant William Foley, who used it as a combination residence and warehouse. During the [Indian Rebellion of 1857](/source/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857) it became a temporary barracks for British reinforcements from Calcutta. Since then the building and surrounding neighborhood have been known as Mill Barrack.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Sharif Uddin |year=1986 |title=Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development |publisher=Curzon Press |page=107 |isbn=0-7007-0180-X}}</ref> After 1905, there was a Police Training Camp for a long time.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== Architectural value and present condition ==

The place became a Police Lines, which was established in 1898. Its area around 25,000 sq. meters. It contains 5 buildings. The 1st building is two Storeyed Traffic Training Building. 2nd building is Ration Store and 3rd building contains [ammunition](/source/ammunition) storage. Both these buildings are two storey. The other 2 buildings are Barrack of Police Force and Staff & Administrative building, which are 3 storeyed.

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