The document provides information about several historical places in Bangladesh through brief descriptions: - The Sundarbans, located in the delta of three major rivers, is the world's largest mangrove forest spanning Bangladesh and India. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. - The Sat Gambuj Mosque in Dhaka was built in an area that was once a small agricultural community but is now a major residential area. - The Shaheed Minar in Dhaka was constructed in 1952 as a memorial to those who died during the Bengali Language Movement protests. It has been rebuilt several times since. - The National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar honors those who

1. PRESENT BY NARGIS AKTER

2. BANGLADESH HAS AN
ENRICHED HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND. THERE ARE
MANY PLACES OF HISTORICAL
INTEREST ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.NOW I’M SHOWING
SOME OF THEM.

4. WORLD BIGGEST
TIMBERLAND
“SUNDARBAN”
IN BANGLADESH

7.  THE SUNDARBANS IS AN IMMENSE WOODS IN THE SEASIDE
DISTRICT OF THE BAY OF BENGAL AND THOUGHT ABOUT ONE
OF THE REGULAR MARVELS OF THE WORLD. IT WAS PERCEIVED
IN 1997 AS AN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF
BANGLADESH. SITUATED IN THE DELTA LOCALE OF PADMA,
MEGHNA AND BRAHMAPUTRA STREAM BOWLS, THIS SPECIAL
BACKWOODS REACHES OUT CROSSWISE OVER KHULNA,
SATKHIRA, “BAGERHAT AREAS OF BANGLADESH” AND SOUTH 24
PARGANAS, NORTH 24 PARGANAS REGIONS OF WEST BENGAL,
INDIA.
 THE SUNDARBANS CONTAIN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SEASIDE MANGROVE TIMBERLAND, WITH A
ZONE OF AROUND 10,000 KM2, OF WHICH AROUND 6,000 KM2 ARE SITUATED IN BANGLADESH
AND AROUND 4,000 KM2 IN INDIA.

10. The Sat Gambuj Mosque
 A few kilometers to the north of Peelkhana, for long the end of Mughal Dhaka, was
the Jafarbad or Katasur area, originally part of mouza Sarai Begumpur. Many of the
mouzas (or revenue circles) were delineated during the reign of Shershah and later by
Kartalab Khan. A small urban settlement on a route along the river, this was an
alternative to reach Brahmaputra or Garh Jaripa without having to go through the
hostile areas along the main stream of Sitalakhya and Brahmaputra on the east. This is
evident from its geographic and strategic location, origin of the names of the locality,
and the remnants around it.
 The place where the seven-domed mosque is was known as Sarai Jafarbad or Katasur,
under Sarai Begumpur. There was a small agricultural community in
between Pilkhana and Jafarbad where the Sat Gambuj Mosque was built. The area
became like a jungle due to disuse, dereliction, and desertion mainly during the British
period. However, in last 55 years, it has become one of the most planned and most
expensive residential enclaves of Dhaka. The Sat Masjid Road is the major peripheral
road of the district to its west and is believed to have been built roughly along where
the old Bank river Turag was

14. The Sahid Minar
 THE FIRST SHAHEED MINAR WAS BUILT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENTS OF 21–22 FEBRUARY 1952.
ACCORDING TO DR. SAYEED HAIDER THE MAIN PLANNER AND THE DESIGNER OF THE FIRST SHAHEED
MINAR, THE DECISION TO BUILD IT WAS FIRST MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
SHAHEED MINAR IS SITUATED NEAR DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND IN THE DHAKA UNIVERSITY
AREA. IT IS ADJACENT TO THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT OF DHAKA UNIVERSITY. IT IS ONLY 0.5
KILOMETRES (0.3 MI) AWAY FROM SHAHBAG AND 0.25 KM (0.16 MI) DISTANT FROM CHANKHARPUL.
SHAHEED MINAR IS AN OUTSTANDING MONUMENT OF BANGLADESH. IT WAS BUILT TO TRIBUTE THE
MARTYRS WHO GIVEN UP THEIR LIFE FOR LANGUAGE. THE MAIN INCIDENT HAD BEEN OCCURRING INSIDE
OF DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL. SO A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO BUILD A MEMORIAL ADJACENT TO
DMCH. THE PLANNING STARTED AT MIDNIGHT ON 22 FEBRUARY, AND THE WORK STARTED THE NEXT DAY.
THIS MINAR WAS SPONSORED BY PEARU SARDAR, ONE OF THE OLD DHAKA PANCHAYET SARDARS, WHEN
SOME OF THE STUDENTS ASKED HIS HELP AT MIDNIGHT OF 22 FEBRUARY, TO CONTRIBUTE THE RAW
MATERIALS NEEDED TO BUILD THE MONUMENT. ALTHOUGH CURFEW WAS IN PLACE, STUDENTS STARTED
BUILDING THE MINAR IN THE AFTERNOON OF 23 FEBRUARY. THEY WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
FINISHED IT AT DAWN. A HAND WRITTEN PAPER WAS ATTACHED TO THE MINAR WITH "SHAHEED
SMRITISTOMBHO" WRITTEN ON IT. THE ORIGINAL MINAR WAS ON A BASE MEASURING 10.5 FEET
(3.2 M).[3] THE MINAR WAS INAUGURATED BY THE FATHER OF SOFIUR RAHMAN, KILLED DURING THE
MASSACRE. IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON 26 FEBRUARY BY THE POLICE AND PAKISTANI ARMY.[3] SMALLER
VERSIONS OF THE MEMORIAL WERE BUILT IN OTHER PLACES

16. National Martyrs’ Memorial
 Plans for the monument were initiated in 1976. Following the site selection,
road and land development, a nationwide design competition was held in
June,1978. Following evaluation of the 57 submissions, Syed Mainul Hossain's
design was chosen. The main structure and the artificial lake and other
facilities were completed in 1982. It was Inaugurated at 16 December 1982.
 The architecture is composed of seven pairs of triangular-shaped walls or
prisms; the outermost pair being the shortest in height but widest in span,
the inner pairs gradually change their aspect ratio and the innermost pair
thus forms the peak point of the architecture. Each of these seven pairs of
walls represents a significant chapter in the history of Bangladesh, namely the
Language Movement in 1952, the Election of United Front in 1954, the
Constitution Movement in 1956, the Education Movement in 1962, 6-point
Movement in 1966, the Mass Uprising in 1969, and finally the climatic event of
Liberation War in 1971, through which Bangladesh was liberated.

18. Sonargaon
 The name Sonargaon came as the Bangla version of the ancient
name Suvarnagrama.[2] Buddhist ruler
Danujamadhava Dasharathadeva shifted his capital to Suvarnagrama
from Bikrampur sometime in the middle of the 13th century.[2] In early
14th century, Bauddha ruling in this area ended when Shamsuddin Firoz
Shah (reigned 1301–1322) of Lakhnauti occupied and annexed it to his
kingdom.

21. THANKS FOR WATCHING….