Ramna Park

Ramna Park

Ramna Park is a large park and recreation area situated at the heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The park, established originally by the Mughal emperors in 1610, was later developed by the British United Kingdom colonial rulers and local NawabNawabs in the 19th Century. Today, the park has many trees and a lake near its center.Hundreds of people come here everyday morning and the evening for walking, physical exercise, gossiping etc. There's also a small facility for children amusemnt.

Language Martyr's Monument of Bangladesh

Shaheed Minar

The Shaheed Minar (Bengali: Shohid Minar) is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952.

On February 21, 1952, dozens of students and political activists were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding equal status to their native tongue, Bangla. The massacre occurred near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A makeshift monument was erected on February 23[1] by students of University of Dhaka and other educational institutions, but soon demolished on February 26[2] by the Pakistani police force.

The Language Movement gained momentum and after a long struggle, Bangla was given equal status as Urdu. To commemorate the martyrs, the Shaheed Minar was designed and built by Hamidur Rahman, a Bangladeshi sculptor. The monument stood until the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, when it was demolished completely during Operation Searchlight, a genocide carried out by the Pakistani Army resulting in an estimated 50,000 civilian deaths. After Bangladesh gained independence, it was rebuilt.