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Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “situated less than half a kilometre west of the lalbagh fort”. Today it says “historical mosque near lalbagh fort in dhaka”.
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The opening as it read in 2010

Khan Mohammad Mirdha's mosque The domes on the mosque Tomb in front of the mosque The Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque on Lalbagh road is situated less than half a kilometre west of the Lalbagh Fort .1 Two Persian inscriptions, one over the central archway and the other over the central Mihrab, speak of its construction during 1704–05 AD by one Khan Muhammad Mridha . The large platform is 38.10 m from north to south and 28.96 m from east to west. Its height is about 5.18 m from the ground level. Underneath the platform are vaulted rooms on all sides except the eastern side. In the eastern side, there is a stairway which ends with a gateway aligning the central doorway of the mosque proper. It is through this gateway that one can reach the top of the platform.2

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “situated less than half a kilometre west of the lalbagh fort”. Today it says “historical mosque near lalbagh fort in dhaka”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

situated less than half a kilometre west of the lalbagh fort

Now

historical mosque near lalbagh fort in dhaka

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