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Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, [a] also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or Dhanmondi 32, located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, [1] was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also called Bangabandhu, the founding leader and president of Bangladesh. [2]
The complex contains a library with 6,000 books and a museum. There is also an exhibition center featuring photographs of the Bangladesh War of Independence, as well as of Mujib from various periods and local-foreign historical newspapers. The coffin that carried Mujib is also preserved here.
Bangabandhu (legal name Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) is called as the founder of Bangladesh and an important leader. He was born on 17 March 1920 in Tungipara, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India. [a] [2] In 1967, Bangabandhu was incarcerated in Dacca's Central Jail.
On 11 April 1994, Sheikh Hasina established the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. On 6 September 1994, Hasina handed over the deed of Bangabandhu Bhaban, the personal residence to Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. The trust turned Bangabandhu Bhaban in to a museum, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. The first head of the museum was A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed.
Administered by the Bangladesh Army, the museum is located right beside the Novo Theatre at Bijoy Sarani of the capital Dhaka. [2] [3] [4] The museum has a collection of Bangladesh's military history, heritage, success stories and various weapons and ammunition. [5] [6] [7] It is now most popular to the young generation and also to the ll ages ...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [c] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, [d] was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist, who was the founding president of Bangladesh.
In 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Toshkhana museum at Topkhana road near the Bangabandhu Military Museum. [6] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that during the Bangladesh Nationalist government term several gifts were destroyed because they had her name and the boat symbol; the museum will held preserve the gifts which are property of the state. [7]
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre opened to public on 25 September 2004. [5] It was previously named Bhashani Novo Theatre. [1] It was made autonomous by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre Bill 2010. [6] The space center was commissioned by the Ministry of Science and Communication Technology of the Government of ...