Curzon Hall of Dhaka University. Curzon Hall was built to be a town hall, and named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, who laid its foundation in 1904. A year later Bengal was partitioned and Dhaka became the capital of the newly created province of East Bengal and Assam. Following the annulment of partition in 1911 it was used as a premise of Dhaka College, and after the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921, became part of the universitys science section and continues as such. Laid out in a spacious and carefully maintained garden, this double; storey brick building has a large central hall, wings on the east and west and a continuous verandah on all sides. Dhaka, Bangladesh. July 26, 2008.