The document provides information on several historical and cultural sites in Bangladesh. It describes the Shaheed Minar national monument in Dhaka that commemorates those killed in the 1952 Language Movement demonstrations. It then briefly describes several other locations, including palaces converted to museums, forts, mosques, Buddhist archaeological sites, and more. The sites highlighted span different time periods and represent important cultural and historical aspects of Bangladesh.

2. Shahid MinarShahid Minar
The Shaheed Minar is a national monument
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to
commemorate those killed during
the Language Movement demonstrations of
1952.On February 21, 1952, dozens of
students and political activists were killed
when the Pakistani police force opened fire
on Bengali protesters who were demanding
equal status to their native tongue, Bangla.
The massacre occurred near Dhaka Medical
College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A
makeshift monument was erected on
February 23 by students of University of
Dhaka and other educational institutions, but
soon demolished on February 26 by the
Pakistani police force.The Language
Movement gained momentum and after a
long struggle, Bangla was given equal status
as Urdu. To commemorate the dead, 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. Tajhat is a historical place
of Bangladesh, located near
Lalbagh, Rangpur. It has a
nice Jamidarbari(Palace) which in 2005
was turned into a museum. This museum
is about 10 mins drive from Rangpur
town, near Lalbagh. The Museum was
inaugurated on March 20, 2005, by the
Government of Bangladesh Minister for
Cultural Affairs, Begum Selima Rahman
and Secretary Mr. Mahmudul Masud. Dr.
Alain Labrique of the Johns Hopkins
University also made some invited
remarks.
The palace in Tajhat, commonly known
as Tajhat Rajbari was built by Maharaja
Kumar Gopal Lal Roy in the beginning of
the 20th century. He was a descendent of
a Hindu khatari who emigrated
from Punjab. He was a jeweler by
profession. It is believed that from the
conspicuous appearance of his Taj or
jeweledcrown his estate derived the
name of Tajhat. From the name of his
estate, the area is known as Tajhat.
Tajrat RajbariTajrat Rajbari

4. Ahsan
Manzil was the
official residential
palace and seat of
theDhaka Nawab
Family. It is
situated on the
banks of
the Buriganga
River in Banglade
sh. The palace is
now a museum.
AhsanAhsan
ManzilManzil

5. Lalbagh Fort (also known as
"Fort Aurangabad") is an
incomplete Mughalpalace
fortress at the Buriganga River in
the southwestern part
of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Construction was commenced in
1678 by Prince Muhammad
Azam during his 15-month long
vice-royalty ofBengal, but before
the work could complete, he was
recalled by Aurangzeb. His
successor, Shaista Khan, did not
complete the work, though he
stayed in Dhaka up to 1688. His
daughter bibi pari (Lady Fairy)
died here in 1684 and this led
him to consider the fort to be
ominous.
LalbaghLalbagh
FortFort

6. he National Memorial at Savar
is a symbol of the nation's
respect for the martyrs of the
war of Liberation. It is built
with Concrete, but made of
blood. IT stands 150 feet tall,
but every martyr it stands for
stands so much taller. It is an
achievement the dimensions
of which can be measured but
it stands for an achievement
which is immeasurable. It
stands upright for the millions
of martyrs who laid their lives
so that we may stand upright,
in honour and dignity,
amongst the nations of the
world. Most prominently
visible is the 150 feet tower
that stands on a base
measuring 130 feet wide.
NationalNational
MemorialMemorial

7. The National Museum
was established at
dhaka in AD 1913.It
has been renamed as
the National Museum
and was shifted to its
new building at
Shahbag in 1983. It is a
four storied building
and has forty galleries
under four
departments, namely,
Natural History,
History and Classical
Art, Ethnography and
Decorative Art and
Contemporary Art and
world Civilization.
NationalNational
MuseumMuseum

8. It is one of the most majestic public
buildings in Bangladesh. The National
Parliament complex is located at Sher-e-
Bangla Nagar of Dhaka city. The National
Parliament Building is an architectural
masterpiece for which the nation can be
said to be justifiably proud.The decision to
construct the National Parliament Complex
at Dhaka was originally taken in 1959.
Louis I Kahn. one of the greatest architects
of the time was initially selected for
designing the complex. which would
include the National Parliament Building.
Hostels for members of parliament.
ministers and secretaries. hospitality halls
and communally buildings.All linked by
roads and walkways and surrounded by
attractive gardens and lakes. The main
characteristic of the building is its
monumentally.The mass of concrete lined
with marble strips, the outer wall punctuate
by pure geometrical openings and the
dominating circular and rectangular
concrete masses impart a supreme
monumentality to the building quite suited
NationalNational
ParliamentParliament

9. Among the many surviving monuments of the
Khan Jahan Ali style, undoubtedly the most
magnificent and largest brick mosque in
Bangladesh is the Shait Gombuj. It is situated
in Bagerhat district. For outstanding
architectural value. the World Heritage
Committee of UNESCO inscribed Bagerhat in
the World Heritage list and it got the status of
the second World Heritage site in Bangladesh
after Paharpur. Out of today's surviving
mosques, the Shait Gombuj Mosque is the
most magnificent and certainly the largest
brick mosque surviving in Bangladesh. Its
name, meaning '60 domes', is misleading as
in reality, it is roofed over with 77 small
domes supported by a forest of slender
columns covering a large prayer hall and
giving it the appearance of a medieval church
crypt. At sunrise when the rays of the sun
penetrate the eastern entrances, the interior
comes to life. There is little adornment to this
building other than the carved stone
decoration to the central mihrab at the
western end of the prayer hall. The exterior
facades, with slightly 'battered' walls, have
discernible curving cornices a concession to
the local style.
Shait GambujShait Gambuj
MosqueMosque

10. One of the most
graceful monuments
of the Sultanate
period is the Chhota
Sona Masjid or Small
Golden Mosque at
Gaur in Rajshahi.
Built by one Wali
Muhammad during the
reign of Sultan
Alauddin Husain Shah
(1493-1519), it was
originally roofed over
with 15 gilded domes
including the 3
ChauchaIqa domes in
the middle row, from
which it derives its
curious name.
Chhota SonaChhota Sona
MasjidMasjid

11. It is called the Seat of Lost Dynasties.
About 8 km to the west of Comilla town,
situated 114 km southeast of Dhaka, lies a
range of low hills known as the Mainamati-
Lalmai ridge, which was an extensive
centre of Buddhist culture. On the slopes or
these hills lie scattered a treasure of
information about the early Buddhist
civilization (7th-12th Century AD.). At
Salban in the middle or the ridge,
excavations have laid bare a large
Buddhist Vihara (monastery) with an
imposing central shrine. It has revealed
valuable information about the rule of the
Chandra and Deva dynasties which
Flourished here from the 7th to the 12th
century AD. The whole range of hillocks
runs for about 18 km and is studded with
more than 50 sites. A site museum houses
the archaeological finds which include terra
cotta plaques, bronze statues and caskets,
coins, jewellery, utensils, pottery and votive
stupas embossed with Buddhist
inscriptions.
MainamaMainama
titi

12. It is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Its
construction began on 1960, and has been
going on in phases. Architect T Abdul Hussain
Thariani was commissioned to design the
mosque complex. The plan included shops,
offices, libraries and parking areas within the
complex. The design of the mosque reflects
the architecture of the period as can be seen
from the use of a white and almost cube-form
for the main building. A Mosque without a
dome over the roof of its main prayer hall
must have been a unique experiment. The
main building is eight storied and 33 meters
high from the ground level. The area of the
main prayer hall is 2464 SQ meters with a
mezzanine floor of 171 SQ metres at the
eastern side. Verandas surround the hall on
three of its four sides. The mihrab of the hall
is rectangular instead of semi-circular. The
Baitul Mukarram mosque is modern in its
architectural style. It has found its place in
the hearts of the Muslims because of the
resemblance of its form to the Holy Kaaba at
Makkah.
Baitul Mukarram-the National MosqueBaitul Mukarram-the National Mosque

13. Sonargaon's importance in the pre-
Muslim period is borne out by its
ancient name of
Suvarnagrama (the golden village),
from which it is obvious how the
Muslim version of the name is
derived,as well as by the existence
of Langalbandh and Panchamighat,
the two traditional under
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, and
after his fall it was the
headquarters of the eastern
province of Bengal under the
Tughlaqs till 1338. Sonargaon
emerged as the capital of an
independent Sultanate under
Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (1338-
1349). In the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century Panam
Nagar was developed in a part of
holy bathing places of the Hindus,
in this tract of land on the west
bank of the old
Brahmaputra.Sonargaon rose to be
the seat of an independent ruler
medieval Sonargaon.
SonargaonSonargaon

14. Star mosque, a 19th century
establishment, is a very
beautiful mosque of the city
situated at Armanitola, in the old
part of Dhaka City. In faultless
Mughal style architecture, it is a
five -dome mosque with
hundreds of big and small
twinkling stars as surface
decorations. The stars have
been created by setting pieces
or chinaware on white cement.
Seen from the front and from far
it looks as if it were shining
above the surface of the earth.
The inside or the mosque is even
more beautiful than the outside,
with a lovely mosaic floor and
excellent tiles with many floral
patterns set on the walls, all in
complete harmony.
StarStar
MosqueMosque

15. Paharpur is treated as the Largest
Buddhist Seat of Learning of South
Asia. It is a small village, 5 km
west of Jamalganj in the greater
Rajshahi district, where the
remains of the most important and
the largest known monastery south
of the Himalayas has been
excavated. This 7th century AD
archaeological find covers an area
of approximately 11 hectare. The
entire establishment, occupying a
Quadrangular court, measures
more than 300 meters and varies
from 3.5 to 4.5 meters in height
with an elaborate gateway
complex on the north, there are 45
cells on the north and 44 in each of
the other three sides, with a total
number of 177 rooms.
PaharpuPaharpu
rr

16. HossainiHossaini
dalandalan
Husaini Dalan a Shiite shrine in the old
part of the city of DHAKA, attributed to
the Mughal Period. It is a common
practice among the Shia community to
build edifices to commemorate the
martyrdom of al-Husain, at the battle of
Karbala in Iraq on the tenth day of
Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 AD).
The building seems to have been
originally erected by one Sayyid Murad
during the governorship of SHAH SHUJA,
who, although himself a Sunni, was eager
to preserve and patronise Shiite
institutions. Traditions relate that Sayyid
Murad, having seen al-Husain in a vision
erecting a tazia khana (house of
mourning), was inspired to raise the
building, which he named Husaini Dalan.
The original building may have been a
small structure, expanded to its present
form in later times. The EAST INDIA
COMPANY repaired it in 1807 and 1810,
and a portion of the building was
reconstructed after the earthquake of
1897.

17. Inside a green
picturesque
surrounding of
Jahangir Nagar
University, the
sprawling acres of
land holds this
beautiful monument
dedicated to the
language martyrs of
1952.
Central Shahid MinarCentral Shahid Minar
in Jahangir Nagarin Jahangir Nagar
UniversityUniversity

18. It is considered the oldest
archaeological site of the county.
It is located at a distance of 18
km north or Bogra town on the
western bank of the Karatoa river.
The spectacular site is an
imposing landmark in the area.
having a long fortified enclosure.
Beyond the fortified area, other
ancient ruins fan out within a
semicircle of about 8 km radius.
Several isolated mounds, the
local names of which are Govinda
Bhita Temple, Khodia
Pathar Mound, Mankalir
Kunda, Parsuramer Bedi, Jiyat
Kunda etc. surround the fortified
city. This 3rd century B.C.
archaeological site is still held to
be of great sanctity by the
Hindus. Every year (mid-April) and
once every 12 years (in
December) thousands of Hindu
devotees join the bathing
MahasthangaMahasthanga
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19. Second World War warrior’s
graveyards are in this Cemetery.
There are 755 graves in this
graveyard of the great warriors who
died d in world war from1939 to 1945
in Chittagong areas. In this well-
preserved cemetery at a quiet and
picturesque place within the city lie
buried in eternal peace over 700
soldiers from British, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, India,
Myanmar, East and West Africa, The
Netherlands and Japan who laid
down their lives on the Myanmar
front during the World War II. Every
year a number of tourists come here
to visit this Cemetery.
World War 2World War 2
CemeteryCemetery

20. This church dates from 1781 and it is
still functioning today. Compared to
some of the splendid churches
elsewhere in the world, this is a rather
small, but interesting building
crowding on a narrow back street of
old Dhaka. But in the Dhaka context it
is a very important tranquil haven in
the heart of a huge crowded Muslim
city.
The church supports a small Christian
community from several countries that
meets every Sunday evening. The
Armenians were once at the heart of
Bengal’s jute and leather trade but the
community has virtually vanished. For
much of the rest of the week the door
to the compound is looked but there is
always someone inside because the
caretaker, his family and others live on
site. You just need to wait or bang
AmericanAmerican
ChurchChurch

21. A slightly later date the elegant
6-domed mosque (13m x 11m) sq
meters of Baba Adam in Rampal
near Dhaka was erected by your
Malik Kafur during the reign of
the last Ilyas Shahi Sultan,
Jalauddin Fateh Shah in 1483 AD.
It displays the same
characteristic features of the
period such as the faceted
octagonal turrets at 4 corners,
the curved cornice. The one
facade and 3 mihrabs relieved
richly with beautiful terracotta
floral and hanging patterns.
Mosque Baba Adam