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Mausoleum of Father of The Nation |
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Tungipara, a remote village surrounded by rivers &
canals with lush green & densely built homestead on the banks where the
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born.
Incidentally in 1975 Bangabandhu was assassinated with his beloved
family members after three & half years of the nation’s independence &
buried at the courtyard of his village home.
The surrounding dense neighborhood created a scarcity of land in the
graveyard to accommodate the people coming to pay respect for his
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National Memorial |
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Located at Savar, about 35 km
from Dhaka, the national memorial was designed by architect Moinul
Hossain. It is dedicated to the sacred memory of the millions of unknown
martyrs' of the war of liberation in 1971. |
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Central Shahid Minar |
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Symbol of Bengali nationalism, this monument was
built to commemorate the martyrs' of the historic language movement on
21st February, 1952. The day is also now observed as International
Mother Language Day across the world. Hundreds and thousands of
barefooted people with floral wreaths and bouquets gather at this
monument from the first hour of 21st February every year to pay homage
to the martyrs.
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Martyred Intellectual Memorial |
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Located at Mirpur, the memorial was built to commemorate
the intellectuals who were killed in 1971 by the Pakistan's occupation
forces just two days ahead of the Victory Day. |
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National Poet's Grave |
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Revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam died on 29th
August 1976 and was buried here. The graveyard is adjacent to the Dhaka
University Central Mosque. |
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Bahadurshah park |
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Located at old city opposite the Jagannath University
formerly Victoria Park this memorial place of 1857 was built to commemorate
the martyr's of the first liberation war in the years of 1857-59 against
British Rule. This is the place where the revolting sepoys and their civil
compatriots were cowardly hanged. The ancient name of the place was "Antagor
Maidan". |
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Curzon Hall |
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In the wake of the first partition of Bengal in 1905, a
group of architecturally homogeneous building was erected in Dhaka
illustrating a happy blending of the Mughal and European tastes. Massive in
appearance these buildings were characterized by a symmetrical composition
of their component part and a great variety of eye-catching external detail.
The foundation stone of Curzon Hall was laid by Lord Curzon on 14 February
1904. Its elegent facade with its central projecting bay and wide arched
horse shoe shaped portals with windows avobe, has a attractively variegated
by a series of panels, bracketed eaves and kiosks crowning the roof, whilst
the corners are relieved with miners. |
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Baldha Garden |
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by the late Narendra Narayan Roy, the garden is located in Wari (opposite to
the Christian cemetery). This garden boasts a rich collection of indigenous
and exotic plants. Open: Saturday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday
closed. Entry tickets are available on the gate. |
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Suhrawardy
Uddayan |
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distance from Dhaka Sheraton Hotel and stretching out Dhaka University
campus and Bangla Academy, the Suhrawardy Uddyan, formely known as the race
course, is a testament to our great historical achievement. It is here that
the clarion call of independence of Bangladesh was declared on 7th March
1971 by Father of the Nation the great national leader Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman and it is again here that the commander of the Pakistani
Occupation forces surrendered on the 16th December 1971 to the joint
command. |
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Old High Court Building |
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Originally built as the residence of the British
Governor, the High Court Building illustrates a fine blend of European and
mughal architecture. The building is situated North of the Curzon Hall of
Dhaka Universiry. |
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Natore - Dighapatiya Rajbari
(Palace) |
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Natore lies about 40 km. from Rajshahi and is an old seat
of the Maharajah of Dighapatiya, now serving as the Uttara Ganabhaban (The
Official northern region residance of the President of the Republic). The
palace has large, spacious grounds and is surrounded by a fine moat. The
palace has well-equipped guest-house, an imposing gateway and a fine garden
decorated with statues of white marble.
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