Shaheed Minar,Dhaka,Bangladesh
The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka,Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan .
It is located near Dhaka Medical College Hospital and in the Dhaka University area.It is a Historical place, 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. Every year on February 21 many people come here to show respect as well as all year round. The Shaheed Minar was designed and built by Hamidur Rahman, a Bangladeshi sculptor.
The first Shaheed Minar was built on 22nd February 1952 but four days later on 26th February 1952, it was fully destroyed by the Pakistani police and army. But in 1963 a language martyr monument was reestablished by the Awami League government in that place. Again in 1971, Pakistani Army re-destroyed the national language martyr monument and finally after the liberation war of Bangladesh it is finally reestablished.
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