Shaheed Minar
Shaheed Minar , Dhaka :
Shaheed Minar ( Martyr tower ) " Martyr Monument " in 1952 to commemorate those killed during the Bengali Language Movement protests in Dhaka , Bangladesh, is a national monument .
Pakistani police forces in their native tongue , demanding equal status to Bengali had opened fire on Bengali protesters when on February 21 , 1952 date , dozens of students and political activists were killed . The massacre occurred near Dhaka Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park . A temporary monument in Dhaka and other educational institutions of university students first used by February 23 , but soon by Pakistani police force was destroyed on February 26 .
Language Movement gained momentum and after a long struggle, are given equal status with Urdu and Bengali . Commemoration of the dead , the Shaheed Minar Hamidur , was designed and built by a Bangladeshi sculptor . It was completely destroyed during Operation Searchlight, the monument stood until the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 . After Bangladesh gained independence , it was rebuilt .
Currently , all held each year on 21 February , the national mourning , cultural and other activities , has centered around the monument .
History
:
The first
Shaheed Minar,
built on February 22, 1952.
It was demolished by Pakistan
Police and Army four days later.
built on February 22, 1952.
It was demolished by Pakistan
Police and Army four days later.
Immediately the first monument on February 21 , 1952, was created after the events . Dr. Sayed Haider , a major planner and designer of the monument , the decision to build it was taken by students at Dhaka Medical College . Shaheed Minar , Dhaka University area located near Dhaka Medical College Hospital . It is adjacent to the Dhaka University Department of Mathematics . It is far distant from the protestors and Chankharpul 0.25 km ( 0.16 miles ) in just 0.5 kilometers ( 0.3 miles ) is . Bangladesh Shaheed Minar is an outstanding monument . Tribute to the martyrs who have given their lives for the language until it was built . The main event was happening inside the Dhaka Medical College Hospital . So a decision was taken to build a memorial adjacent to the Dhaka Medical College . Planning begins on February 22 at midnight , and began to work the next day . Raw materials needed to build the monument, offering students the minarets , 22 February at midnight when he asked the boss Pearu , the old city is one of the most comprehensive Panchayat , is sponsored by . Although curfew was in place , students began to build the tower on February 23 . They worked through the night and finished it at dawn . A hand- written paper it's written " Shahid Smritistombho" was connected with the minarets . Minaret of 6 feet (3.0 × 1.8 m ) , measured by the 10 . This father is killed during the massacre Sofiur by Minar Rahman inaugurated . It was destroyed in a few days by the police and the Pakistani army . Some of the models created in other places of the country is short of memory . The first monument was destroyed by the police two years later , a new Shaheed Minar ( Martyr 's Monument ) , who lost their lives was built in 1954 to commemorate protesters . This minaar ( monument ) Natyaguru inaugurated by Nurul Momen . Began in 1957 with support from the United Front Ministry Hamidur designed by architect working on a larger monument .
Shaheed Minar (1963-1971)
After the formation of the united front by the local government - led by AK Fazlul Huq and the Awami League , 21 February 1956, the anniversary is openly and widely observed and it became possible to build a new monument . Construction was started in 1957, under which the sculptor Hamidur monument design . Dhaka Medical College Hostel Hamidur 's model of a large area of land in the yard was a huge complex . Great design, with its fallen sons standing on the monument in the center of the altar to symbolize the mother of a half- circular column . Yellow and deep blue pieces of stained glass , symbolizing eyes reflecting the sun , were also placed in the column . The column was designed to reflect the moving shadows on the marble floor . Tower, a 1,500 -square-foot basement, was also a history of the movement (140 M2) in the fresco . Bengali alphabet was equipped with a railing in front of the building . Both the red and black colors indicate the two opposite forces footmarks,, the design also . This also includes a museum and a library are included in the design of Hamidur . Was to build a fountain shaped like an eye . Toys area 's tropical climate , specifically designed to withstand the monument of the materials .
Hamidur construction supervision and Novera Ahmed , started in November 1957 . Basement , platform , rails , footprints and martial law was declared in the area was finished with the columns of some of the murals , and the construction work , including , most are forced to a halt . Leaving much of Rahman 's design unfinished construction work , was completed in 1963 . It Abul Barkat , Hasina Begum, the mother on February 21 , 1963, was inaugurated on . Minar was severely damaged by the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the . Columns were destroyed during the fighting . Pakistani Army Minar crushed and debris on the " Mosque " read a sign placed .
Shaheed Minar and the current state of re- establishing
In 1972 , the president appointed a committee headed by Abu Sayeed Chowdhury and renovation work is started . Construction and building design department followed in 1963 , when the original sketches , are ignored . According to the 1963 construction of the shortening of the design is done quickly . Restored murals were destroyed by the Pakistani army and the basement was sealed off . The original design of the renovation work Hamidur are not approved by the Department . In the mid-eighties , the monument is a square shape, giving it a triangular one , Shaheed Minar premises to increase the size of the main architects of the Department of Architecture Monirul Islam , Abul Bashar , supervision underwent further reforms . Corresponding quarter sculptor Novera Ahmed and Danish architects using gean Deleuran Hamidur Rahman demanded proper implementation of the design . Ismail SM , because of the extension , the basement murals were two entrances off permanently , and the remaining 15 years of a legacy , murals had lost much of their gloss . In the 1983 reform , the poor, the materials are lined with marble . A museum and library are also featured in the original plan . August 25 , 2010 , the High Court ordered nine for the maintenance and renovation of the Shaheed Minar premises and asked the Public Works Department for the establishment of a museum and a library .
Proportionality Despite some flaws , monument stands still high . It is one of the city's most important monuments . Very close association with the cultural history of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka City have . It will be one of the primary tourist attractions in Dhaka and is visited by thousands of tourists throughout the year . Bangladesh is one of the most well-maintained monuments . Special care 21 February ( Ekushey February ) are taken every year on the occasion . Premises are thoroughly cleaned and washed . Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University Central Shaheed Minar premises artist and colorfully painted with intricate designs . So Shaheed Minar premises in color throughout the year .
Architecture :
The Shaheed Minar
(side view)
Great design of the monument standing on the altar , and the red sun shining in the back with his fallen son , mother to symbolize the half- round columns . Dhaka Central Shaheed Minar and 14 meters ( 46 feet ) to a height and is made of marble . Stairs and obstacles to create a divine appearance , with white highlights . Iron fence on both sides of the characters are drawn with lines from legendary poets and poetry . As visitors enter the monument in the 1952 's that damn police who sacrificed their lives Patriots get two statues . The marble floor was designed to reveal the shadow moving column . Basement monument representing the history of language, a 1,500 -square-foot (140 M2) included in the mural . Minar monument to be rebuilt as a result of the rapid repair mistakes . Column height was shorter and more bent than the original plan head count , and the proportion of the various parts of the monument are not properly maintained .
Significance :
Shaheed
Minar, as displayed
on the annual anniversary,
February 22, 2009.
on the annual anniversary,
February 22, 2009.
Bangladeshi nationalism in the spirit of the language movement , thus representing the Central Shaheed Minar and its efforts to highlight the importance of social and cultural progress of the Bengali language epitomizes, Bangladesh came into the country , which is one of the country 's terrible movement . Consequently , the Shaheed Minar and Bangladesh has a very important place in the social and cultural system .
Currently , all held each year on 21 February , the national mourning , cultural and other activities , has centered around the Shaheed Minar
.
Location :
Shaheed Minar , Dhaka University area located near Dhaka Medical College Hospital . Mathematics Department of the University of Dhaka , Jahangirnagar University is adjacent .
