@royal_bengal_71: Dhaka in 1980 was the capital of a newly independent Bangladesh, recovering from the 1971 war. The city was much smaller and predominantly agrarian compared to today, with a population under 3.5 million. The Buriganga River was unpolluted, horse-drawn tonga and cycle rickshaws dominated the roads, and areas like Gulshan and Dhanmondi were just emerging as posh residential neighborhoods