Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
The Bangabandhu Monument in Dhanmondi. It is situated opposite to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, the personal residence where the assassination was carried out. The assassination changed the course of politics in Bangladesh, and the ramifications of which are still being felt across South Asia.
Suhrawardy Udyan was a significant venue for events related to the liberation of Bangladesh. On 23 February 1969, a civic reception was held here to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman upon his release from jail after sedition charges. During this event, he was bestowed with the title "Bangabandhu" (lit. ' Friend of Bengal ').