 President Abu Sayeed Chowdhury became the first Bangladeshi president to reside there after taking oath on 12 January 1971.The President Guard Regiment unit is responsible for the palace's security.During the period of the sultanate of Bengal, a Sufi saint, "Hazrat Shahjalal Dakhini" of Dhaka, and his followers were killed by agents of the sultan and buried on the site of Bangabhaban.