Places of Bangladesh

1. Monuments
of
Bangladesh
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2. Shaheed Minar The Shaheed Minar is a national
monument in Bangladesh, established to
commemorate the martyrs of the Bengali
Language Movement of 1952.
The Shaheed Minar was designed and
built by Hamidur Rahman, a Bangladeshi
sculptor. The monument stood until
the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971,
when it was demolished completely
during Operation Searchlight. After
Bangladesh gained independence, it was
rebuilt .Today, the Shaheed Minar is the
centre of cultural activities in Dhaka.
Every year, the Language Movement is
remembered at the monument

3. Historical Background
After the declaration of Urdu as the state
language of Pakistan in 1948, people of
East Bengal (now Bangladesh) locked into
a movement with the Pakistani rulers to
establish Bengali as a state language of
Pakistan.
In 1952, the movement was fully shaped
under the leadership of the students of
University of Dhaka and on the 21st
instant of February they called a shut
down that turned deadly when the
provincial government tried to
implement Section 144 leaving many of
the protesters dead.
To commemorate the martyrs of the
movement, the Shaheed Minar was built.

4. Jatio smriti soudho is a
monument in Bangladesh. It is
the symbol of martyrs of
Bangladesh libration war 1971,
which brought the
independence of bangla from
pak rule.The monument is
locked at savar,Dhaka.
Smriti Shoudho

5. 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.

6. 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. It looks
different from different angles. 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.
HISTORY

7. Aparajeyo Bangla
Aparajeyo Bangla is one of the
most well known sculptures
dedicated to the Bangladesh
Liberation War in 1971. It is
located in the campus of
Dhaka University, just in front
to the Faculty of Arts Building.

8. History
The sculpture work was started at the end of
1973 based on sculptor Syed Abdullah
Khalid’s design and superintendence of the
DUCSU Authority. The Dainik Bangla news
reporter Shaleah Chowdhury came to visit the
sculpture and wrote an article about it. The
article illuminated the people of Bangladesh,
so the sculptor is known all over the world.
Before Aparajeyo Bangla there was another 3
feet long sculpture, then Dackshu Authority
broke down the sculpture and started to work
on Aparajeyo Bangla project. Hasina Ahmed,
Syed Hamid Maksood and Badrul Alam Benu,
who are very close to Khalid, modelled for
'Aparajeyo Bangla'.The artist closely observed
the models' personalities and his close
association with them enabled him to do
justice with his portrayal.In August 1975
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was murdered so the
Dackshu Authority stopped the Aparajeyo
Bangla project. Political instability and the
arrest of the then Vice-chancellor of Dhaka
University,
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, also disrupted the work. The project remained incomplete till the end of 1978. In January 1979 some
fundamentalist groups tried to demolish the Dackshu sculpture Authority. However, the project members and the students of
Dhaka University fiercely guarded the work. After a long hiatus, the work began once more in December the beginning of
1979—with a new vision. At last the project work was finished on December 16, 1979. The sculpture was inaugurated by
wounded freedom fighters.

9. Sculpture
The sculpture is built of
reinforced concrete with a 4-
inch coating, to a height of up
to 18 feet. The sculpture was
refabricated after inscribing on
the base. The sculpture
coating was worked under
Sahiddullah Associates and the
sculpture base was designed
by architect Rabioul Hossain.
It is a sculpture of the three figures, the central character, a village youth stands in the
middle clutching the strap of a rifle in his hand and a grenade in the left . To the left
of him is an urban youth with a rifle . At the right is a young lady devoted to nursing
with a first aid box at her shoulder. These three represent the concerted strength of
the whole Bengali nation.

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