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Bangla house is the name of a type of guest house typically found in South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

, especially in Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

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Usually it is a separate detached house with one or two rooms in front a person's home which may have more than four rooms. It is especially found in the countryside where there is a lack of hotels.

Contrasted with guest houses found in other parts of the world, Bengali culture proscribes that traveling guests live free-of-charge in a private person's home (in the Bengal house). Guests are kept in a separate detached house because of cultural modesty

Modesty

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and privacy

Privacy

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The zamindar

Zamindar

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family of Teota maintained a famous "Bangla house" called the atithi-sala Muhammad Mohsin

Muhammad Mohsin

Muhammad Mohsin was one of the most prolific philanthropists in the history of Bengal. His most notable contribution was during the great famine of Bengal during 1769-70....

, a famous philanthropist

Philanthropist

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also set up many guest houses for the traveling poor

Poor

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