 In the early 20th century, Ahsanullah's son, Sir Nawab Khwaja Salimullah, was able to reclaim some of the lost splendour of the gardens by dividing them into two smaller gardens—the present-day "Shahbag" and "Paribag" (or, "garden of fairies")—the latter named after Paribanu, one of Ahsanullah's daughters.With the partition of Bengal in 1905, and with Dacca becoming the capital of the new province of East Bengal, European-style houses were rapidly built in the area, especially along the newly constructed Fuller Road (named after Sir Bampfylde Fuller, the first Lieutenant Governor of East Bengal).Around this time, the first zoo in the Dhaka area was also established in Shahbag.