ABOUT HERITAGE
DR. MD. MAHBUBAR RAHMAN
Dr. Md. Mahbubar Rahman, a retired professor from the Department of History at Rajshahi University, envisioned the need for a dedicated archive to support researchers and scholars. During his PhD journey, he recognized the absence of accessible resources for historical research in Bangladesh. Driven by this vision, he began collecting valuable materials in 2002 and officially established Heritage Archives on March 23, 2002.
Collections
Heritage Archives holds a vast and diverse collection of rare materials that capture the rich cultural, political, and social history of Bangladesh. The archive houses over 30,000 periodicals, little magazines, and research journals across 3,095 titles, along with approximately 5,200 posters and 5,000 leaflets. It includes around 10,000 books covering all 64 districts of Bangladesh, along with memoirs, commemorative publications, and works on tribal communities and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The collection features 471 MPhil and PhD theses, and over 3,200 biographies. Additionally, more than 1,200 books on Bangladesh’s history and heritage, and over 500 works of political literature, are preserved within the archive.
Catalogue List of Heritage
| ID | Catalogue Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Catalogue 00 (Main List) |
| 2 | Catalogue 001 to 35 |
| 3 | Catalogue 36 All Biography |
| 4 | Catalogue 36.1 (Bangabandhu) |
| 5 | Catalogue 36.2 (Sheikh Hasina) |
| 6 | Catalogue 36RAB (Rabindranath Tagor) |
| 7 | Catalogue 36NAZ (Kazi Nazrul Islam) |
| 8 | Catalogue 36NC_36PC |
| 9 | Catalogue 037 to 129 |
| 10 | Catalogue 130 (District Gazetteer) |
| 11 | Catalogue 131 to 188 |
| 12 | Catalogue 180 (Leaflets) |
| 13 | https://heritage-archives.com/catalogues/catalogue-189-district-book-1-32/ |
| 14 | Catalogue 189 (District Book 33-69) |
| 15 | Catalogue 190 to 242 |
| 16 | Catalogue 243 (Periodical) |
| 17 | Catalogue 244-249 (Political) |
| 18 | Catalogue 249 (Political Parties in Bangladesh) |
| 19 | Catalogue 250 to 399 |
| 20 | Catalogue 256 (Posters) |
| 21 | Catalogue 400 |
Key Information
Research Opportunity
It currently remains open 3 & a half hours a day, from 9.00am to 12.30Pm. Three researchers can work together. For financial constraints it can not provide much facilities to the researchers. Also It has two guest rooms for the readers. Only researchers can stay their at night only for the purpose of research.
Visiting Opportunity
Anyone can pay a visit to Heritage Archives for either research purpose or just visiting purpose. It Usually remains open from 9.00am to 5:30Pm and closed on Friday. But for special reason it can be open anytime of the day. Please Make an appointment with a phone call before making the final visit in the Archives.
SPACE AND SIZE OF HERITAGE ROOMS
Heritage has been functioning in a separate building of 510sqm. The length of Heritage collection would be approximately 2.5 km. Address: Heritage Archives of Bangladesh History Trust
456-Ka Kajla, Rajshahi 6204, Bangladesh
Visitor's Thoughts
...Heritage has been a unique endeavour from the start, but it has now blossomed into a depository that is attracting more and more donations from around the country ... For a researcher, it is a joy to be here ...
