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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.
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.
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.
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.
The first artificial satellite launched by Bangladesh "Bangabandhu-1" has been named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Longest Bridge of Bangladesh Yamuna Multi-purpose Bridge has been renamed as “Bangabandhu Bridge”. Also, in 1998 AD, the national stadium of Bangladesh located in Gulistan, "Dhaka Stadium", was renamed as Bangabandhu Stadium.
Six television channels, namely STV-US, CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channel 16, have been taken off air. Bangladesh has four state-owned television stations, of which only three broadcast on terrestrial television, which are BTV Dhaka, BTV Chittagong, and Sangsad Television.
National Mourning Day of Bangladesh is a commemorative and former public holiday in Bangladesh. [1] Before 2024, on 15 August of every year, the day is observed with mourning. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The day was also observed officially and nationally during the government led by Awami League .