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Central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka

Central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 

 The Shaheed Minar Shoheed Minar popularly known as" Martyr Monument" is a public monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, built to commemorate those killed during the Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in also East Pakistan. On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College and political activists were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding sanctioned status for their native language, Bengali. The death passed near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A new monument was erected on 23 February by pupils of Dhaka medical college and other educational institutions, but soon demolished on 24 February by the Pakistani police force. The Language Movement gained impetus, and after a long struggle, Bengali gained sanctioned status in Pakistan( with Urdu) in 1956. To commemorate the dead, the Shaheed Minar was designed and erected by Bangladeshi sculptors Hamidur Rahman.