Khalishpur Nilkuthi Bhavan is one of the archeological monuments located on the banks of Kapotaksh river in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district. At the beginning of indigo cultivation in the Indian subcontinent, the British East India Company built a two-storied indigo house on 14 acres of land at Khalishpur. From 1810 to 1858, this indigo box was used to torture indigo farmers. Peasants outraged by British oppression of indigo growers started the Indigo Rebellion in the subcontinent in 1860. However, although the British sold the other Nilkuthis, the Nilkuthi Bhavan of Khalishpur could not be sold due to the revolt of the farmers. This Nilkuthi, left behind by the British, was later used by the Zamindars as a Kachari house.
When the Zamindari system was abolished during the partition of India in 1947, the Kuthi was abandoned. After the War of Independence, the Bangladesh Directorate of Archeology registered Khalishpur Neelkuthi Bhavan as an archaeological site. At present Bir Shrestha Hamidur Rahman University and Hamidur Rahman Memorial Museum have been established next to Khalishpur Nilkuthi Bhavan and a beautiful mango orchard has been built on 10 acres of land near Nilkuthi Bhavan.
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