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Night vision of Bangladesh National Parliament

Bangladesh National Parliament

Bangladesh National Parliament

Brief History of the Bangladesh National Parliament

Before its completion, the first and alternate Congresses used the old Sangsad Bhaban, which presently serves as the Prime Minister's Office. 

 Construction was started in 1961 when Bangladesh was the also East Pakistan, led by Ayub Khan from the West Pakistan capital of Islamabad. As part of his sweats to drop the difference and secessionist tendencies of East Pakistan, Khan aimed to make Dhaka a alternate capital, with applicable installations for an assembly. 

 Jatiya Sangsad was designed by Louis Kahn. The government sought backing from South Asian activist and mastermind Muzharul Islam who recommended bringing in the world's top engineers for the design. He originally tried to bring Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier, who were both were unapproachable at the time. Islam also enlisted his former school teacher at Yale, Louis Kahn. Construction was hampered during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and was ultimately completed on 28 January 1982. Kahn failed when the design was roughly three- diggings completed and it continued under David Wisdom, who worked for Kahn.