Abahani Limited (Bengali: আবাহনী ক্রীড়াচক্র) is a sports club in Bangladesh. It was established at Dhaka in 1972.

History

Abahani Limited, Dhaka football team plays in the Bangladesh Premier League as of 2014.

In the 32 years between 1973 to 2005, Abahani played a number of times in the finals of the first division & Premier division football league. It finished as champion eleven times and as runner up on as many occasions. The club was champion in the Federation Cup Football in 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2010 and runner up in 1981, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2008 and 2009. In the Asia Cup Club Tournament held in 1985 in Sri Lanka, Abahani was the runner up and got the Championship of Nagji Trophy Football Tournament held in (Kerala) India in 1989.

They won the charms cup at Kolkata in 1994 and Bardolui trophy at Gouhati, Assam in 2010. Abahani won the Champions trophy of the first ever professional football league in 2007. They have also won the second and third B. League Tournament, in 2008–09 and 2009–10 respectively, as well as achieving a hat-trick championship for the second time after twenty five years in Bangladesh football history. In 2012 they won professional league trophy again.

Abahani Limited may refer to:

Abahani Limited (Bengali: আবাহনী লিমিটেড) is a sports club in Bangladesh. It was established at Dhaka in 1972 through reorganisation of Iqbal Sporting Club. Within a short time, the club gained fame through commendable performances in hockey, cricket and football tournaments. A wing of Abahani Limited was established in Chittagong known as Chittagong Abahani. It is currently a team of Bangladesh Premier League.
The team was relegated from Bangladesh Premier League in 2010–11 season. It again gained the promotion to Premier League by becoming champion of 2013 Bangladesh Championship League.They are now also the champion of 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.

Squad

Bangladeshi Players:

Piaruzzaman, Zahirul Islam, Javed Khan, Md. Nasiruddin, Md. Faisal Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Monsur Alam, Bijoy Krishna Das, Nazrul Islam, Abdul Hannan Raju (c), Nahid Uddin, Atikur Rahman, Salim Ullah, Ismail Zahed, Masuk Mia joni,Mohammed Ali, Md. Ashik Ahmed, M. Ali Ashik, Md. AI-Amin, Palash Samanta, Md.Sohel Mia, Ahsanul Hoque Milon, Md. Safautur Rahman.

Dhaka (Bengali: ঢাকা, pronounced: [ˈd̪ʱaka]; English /dɑːkə/, /dækə/; formerly spelled as Dacca) is the capital of Bangladesh. It is the principal city of Dhaka District and Dhaka Division. Dhaka is one of world's most populated cities, with a population of about 7 million people. The Greater Dhaka Area covers a population of 17 million people. The historic quarter of Dhaka stands on the east bank of the Buriganga River. It is located in the central part of the Bengal delta. Bengali Muslims make up the majority of the population, followed by Bengali Hindu, Bengali Buddhist, Bengali Christian and Bahai Faith communities.

The city's name was Jahangir Nagar (City of Jahangir) in the 17th century. It was the Mughal capital of Bengal for 75 years; and flourished in trade and culture as a cosmopolitan commercial capital and the hub of the worldwide muslin and silk trade. The city hosted two major caravansaries of the subcontinent: the Bara Katra and Choto Katra, located on the riverfront of the Buriganga. The Mughals decorated the city with well-laid out gardens, tombs, mosques, palaces and forts. Dhaka became known as the City of Mosques in Bengal. It was also described as the Venice of the East. The old city was home to various Eurasian merchant groups. At the height of its medieval glory, Dhaka was regarded as one of the wealthiest and most prosperous cities in the world. It was central to the economy of Mughal Bengal, which generated 50% of Mughal GDP.

Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.

Dhaka may also refer to:

Places

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See also

Dhaka is a gotra (clan) of Jats found in Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states of India.They are mainly found in Hanumangarh , Ganganagar , Barmer, Jodhpur, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu districts of Rajasthan.

Origin

According to Ompal Singh Tugania's book based on the records of Bhats which is a community of bards and genealogists in North India, Dhaka's are one of few Jat clans having origin from Chauhans.According to Dr Naval Viyogi In a period of third century AD many hoards of Taka coins have been recovered from Nagpur region, which were introduced by the Taka Nagas of North-West. Linguists have informed that these Taka people reached and ruled in the region of Dhaka of Bangla Desh, since the word ' Dhaka' is a linguistic (Pali) variation of Taka. In the second act of Sanskrit play mrcchakatika a dialect has been used by author, known as Takki. Taki, Takka or Dhakka is the Prakrit dialect which has been called by Pischal language of East Bengal spoken around Dhaka, but there is another interpretation too, since word 'Ta' has been changed to 'Dha' due to the tendency of change from Sanskrit to Pali or Prakrit as cited above, hence the original word is Taka from which Dhaka has been derived.