Salimullah College, Dhaka, has long been recognized as one of Bangladesh's respected institutions of higher education. Since its establishment, the college has remained committed to academic excellence, intellectual growth, and character development.

Before Salimullah College was established on this site, there stood a magnificent building known as Bhajahari Lodge.

Bhajahari Lodge was a two-storied, elegant mansion situated on Tipu Sultan Road in Dhaka, to the west of the Radhakrishna Temple in Sutrapur. It was built in the early nineteenth century by Bhajahari Saha Banik, the eldest of three wealthy Saha merchant brothers of Dhaka.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Lalmohan Saha Banik, Bhajahari Saha Banik, and Gour Nitai Saha Banik achieved considerable success in business. After becoming wealthy, they abandoned the title “Banik” and adopted the title “Shankhanidhi”, meaning “bearer of the conch.” Between approximately 1920 and 1926, they acquired a number of properties in Dhaka and constructed several buildings on them. These buildings were spread across different locations between Tipu Sultan Road and Rankin Street in Wari. In 1925, Bhajahari Saha constructed this house as his residence. Bhajahari Saha’s residence was a two-storied building. In front of its south-facing entrance was a courtyard approximately 150 feet in length. The building was almost symmetrical in relation to its main entrance, although the western section was slightly larger than the eastern section.

Above the three principal entrances on the ground floor were three windows on the upper floor. The central window featured a polygonal upper section, while the two side windows had semi-domed tops. The parapet above the central section was decorated with an ornamental triangular plaster design. Each floor contained three large halls, each measuring approximately 50 feet by 20 feet, with a six-foot-wide veranda adjoining each hall. A wooden staircase at the southeastern corner provided access to the upper floor, while another staircase was located at the rear of the building. The ceilings of the halls were decorated with brightly coloured tiles. There was once a beautiful fountain in front of the building, but it was later completely destroyed. The building no longer exists today. Salimullah College was subsequently constructed on the site where Bhajahari Lodge once stood. A photograph of Bhajahari Lodge is preserved at the Nagar Bhavan Museum, located on the fourth floor of Dhaka Nagar Bhavan.