Sreefoltoli Jamidar / Zamindar Bari in Kaliakore of Gazipur near the capital Dhaka. Sriphaltali Zamindar Bari is one of the historical monuments of Kaliakore. You will like this zamindar house at first sight. There are three zamindar houses. 

Like most other zamindar houses here too there are two sides of zamindar. Small and big sides. Some minor structural reforms are visible in this house on the other hand. On the smaller side, however, the evidence of care is evident. The northerner Apel Saheb is still living there with his family, as well as being used for the shooting of various dramas. 

According to history, the history of this estate is about two hundred years. Bhawal Gazi was one of the famous Bhuiyans of Mughal Bengal. The Bhawal Ghazis were four brothers – Fazal Ghazi, Kashem Ghazi, Salim Ghazi and Taleb Ghazi. Although the main Rajbari is at Bhawal Garh, Taleb Gazi built his Zamindar Bari at a place called Srifaltali in Kaliakair Thana of Gazipur for his residence. This is the zamindar house of that Taleb Ghazi. 

In those days there was an invisible competition between the landlords for their wealth, houses, ponds, schools, colleges, hospitals. The competition was about whose house is bigger and what are their crafts. These zamindari areas and zamindari houses are a product of the zamindari's silent competition in these matters. 

However, there is no mention of Taleb Gazi on the gate of the younger side's house and in the family book or in the history of this house. It is said here that the Srifaltali Zamindar Estate was formed out of the ownership of nine annas of the famous Talibabad Pargana. The chief ruler of this estate is Khoda Newaz Khan. The zamindar house in this area is well known as a haunted zamindar house. 

It is said that when the zamindar left this house, he plastered all the ornaments and valuables that he could not take with him on the walls and floors of the house and left the furniture and various things in the house and locked it. Later, many tried to find them without success. Many people say that those gold jewels are guarded by big snakes!! And at night you can hear various ghostly sounds!! 

Be that as it may, the decoration and artistic beauty of this zamindar house will impress anyone, beyond all fairy tales and folktales. Behind this two-storied house, there are some other single-storey old houses worth seeing. One still has a cantilevered pillar evident. But the boundary walls are crumbling. On the other side of the boundary wall is another zamindar house, which I mentioned earlier, and between the two houses is a mosque in the style of the old Mughal period. 

How to go

Any bus from Dhaka to Tangail can get off at Kaliakoi Bazar. There are also many buses coming through Gabtali Savar Road. Come to Chandra Mor at Konta and take another bus or Tempu to Kaliakoi Bazar. Then rickshaw fare 20/25 taka. It can be said that Srifaltali is the house of the zamindar.