Stock Photo - Ramsagar is a man_made water tank located at the village of Tejpur about 8 km south of Dinajpur town It is considered to be the biggest man_made tank of Bangladesh It can be approached from the town by a metalled road, which was once known as the ´Murshidabad Sarak´ The tank was named after Raja Ram Nath who excavated it on the eve of the battle of Palashi At that time Alivardi Khan was the nawab of Bengal The tank was excavated to supply drinking water to the people living in the surrounding villages It is said that there was a continuous drought and famine in this part of the country from 1750 to 1755 AD Perhaps Ram Nath initiated to dig the tank on the basis of ´food for work´ and help to survive the famine_stricken people About 1 5 million labours worked for digging the Ramsagar and the total expense amounted is about 30,000 Taka Dinajpur, Bangladesh December 09, 2008