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The museum is part of a 67-acre complex at Suhrawardy Udyan, the site from where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave his historic speech declaring the struggle for independence, and where the Pakistani forces surrendered after the War of Liberation. The museum was opened to public on March 25, 2015, the 45th Independence Day of Bangladesh. [1]
This is an alphabetical list of museums in Bangladesh. List of Museum. Ahsan Manzil; ... Museum of Independence, Dhaka; National Museum of Science and Technology;
Swadhinata Stambha (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা স্তম্ভ, romanized: Sbādhīnatā Stambha) or Independence Monument is a national monument in Bangladesh to commemorate the historical events that took place in the Suhrawardy Udyan, previously known as Ramna Race Course ground regarding the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
After independence, [4] the ground's name was changed to Suhrawardy Udyan in honour of politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, [2] a key figure in the early political history of Pakistan and Bangladesh. [5] On 17 March 1972, a massive public meeting was jointly addressed by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Mujibur Rahman at this site. [3] [2]
It was built to honour and remember those who died during the Bangladesh Liberation War (as well as the genocide) in 1971, which resulted in Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan. The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km northwest of the capital city, Dhaka. [1] It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain and built by Concord Group. [2] [3]
In July 1915 it was handed over to the Naib Nazim of Dhaka. [4] Bangladesh National Museum was formed through the incorporation of Dhaka museum and it was made the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983. It is located at Shahbag, Dhaka. [5] [4] It has several publications from 1978, first was "Islamic Art in Bangladesh, Catalogue". [6]
After the declaration of independence of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib was arrested by the Pakistani army at 1:30 am, the first hour of 26 March, and detained first in Dhaka Cantonment and then in Miwanwali Jail in Pakistan's Punjab. The Mujib family was kept under house arrest in house 26 of road 18 in Dhanmondi.
The history of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar can be traced back to before the independence of Bangladesh.Designed by Louis I. Kahn, the complex in Dhaka was designed to make a significant impact locally and internationally and to represent the strong presence of the central government of what was then Pakistan. 11 kilometres (7 mi) from the city center, the project originally consisted of the National ...