Significance of The Name Bailey Road
Baily Road was named in honor of Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1879-1882. However, in recognition of Bailey Road’s importance to the theatre community of Dhaka, on 26 August 2005 the Mayor of Dhaka, Sadek Hosen Khoka, announced that the name of the road would change to Natok Soroni, meaning "Theatre Road". Theatre personalities present during the name changing ceremony were Sayed Ahmed, Liakat Ali Lucky, M Hamid, Ramendu Majumdar and Mamunur Rashid.
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