Memorial monument for Shaheed Minar language shahidad This pillar was constructed in the Dhaka Medical College Hostel premises, which is now known as 'Shaheed Minar', to keep the memory of the martyrs killed in the Ekushey February Movement of 1952.
First Shaheed Minar
Shaheed Minar was first built on 23 February 1952. The planning, placement and construction work are all done by the students of Dhaka Medical College. When a small architectural construction is completed at a distance of 10 feet high and 6 feet wide at the place of blood of the martyrs at the East-South corner of the present Shaheed Minar, it is set up on a plaque written by 'Shaheed memorial monument'. Soon after the construction, it became the center of attraction of the city dwellers; The symbolist movement gained symbolic status. Here people come to the crowd and gather crowd. On the morning of 26 February, the daily Azad newspaper editor Abul Kalam Shamsuddin formally inaugurated the Shaheed Minar. That afternoon, the police surrounded the hostel and broke it.
Even though the first built Shahid Minar was broken down, Pakistani rulers could not erase the memory of martyrs. In the whole of the country, especially in small groups, many small martyr minarets were developed and since 1953, the youth and youth of the country have been performing Ekushey February as 'Shaheed Day'. At the vacant place of Shaheed Minar in the Medical Hostel premises, a precise portrait of the martyr monument was placed in red paper and covered in black cloth. From that symbolic Shaheed Minar, the first phase of the students started in that year. In the following year, the students celebrate Shaheed Day in the same way.
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The United Front government came to power on April 3, 1954, declared the Ekushey February as the martyr's day and the official holiday, according to the 21st anniversary of the Ekushey Padar, but it was not possible to get it legitimized as it was overthrown on 30 May of that year.
In February 1956, the foundation stone of the Shaheed Minar was laid for the second time in 1956 by the then Chief Minister Abu Husain Sarkar, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and mother of language Shaheed Abul Barkat, Hasina Begum. The Ekushey February was officially declared as Shaheed Day and the official holiday.
Central Shaheed Minar
Later, in 1957, during the Awami League cabinet, the work of building Shahid Minar began in a part of the medical hostel premises according to the plan and design of artist Hamidur Rahman. The artist's plan was to build a large size Shaheed Minar Complex with a lot of space. In the design, the main part of the tower was the plan of a semicircular pillar as a symbol of the mother standing on the stage and symbol of his martyrdom. The pillars of the yellow and dark blue glass were to be engraved with an eye symbol, from which the sunlight reflects the spectrum of spectacles in the minaret-chamber. In addition to the minare-architecture, the main plan was to create a full-fledged railing that was constructed in the Bangla alphabet and to mark the symbols of two opposing forces in the tower's chamber. The museum, library and struggle-related long murals (murals) were to be built next to it. There was also a plan to create an eye-shaped fountain on the adjoining areas, on which the high altitude altar will be there.
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According to the plan and design, the work started from November 1957. As Hamidur Rahman's colleague, Bhaskar Novara Ahmad was present. During this time the construction of the foundation of the tower, the stage and a few columns was completed. Along with that, the work of railing, footprints, murals and three sculptures of Novara Ahmad are completed. But after the martial law was issued in October 1958, the construction of the Shaheed Minar was stopped. In spite of that, from 1959 to 1962, four years of Ekushey February, people took flowers in the incomplete Shaheed Minar, held meetings and took oath.
In 1962, under the directive of East Pakistan Governor Azam Khan, according to the recommendations of a committee formed under the leadership of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor, the original design changed considerably and a design was created after the massive decoction of planned architecture. According to this design, the work of Shaheed Minar was completed quickly and in the year 1963 Ekushey February was inaugurated by Ms. Hasina Begum, mother of Shaheed Barkat. This short and fragmented Shaheed Minar became known as a symbol of Ekushey Spirit.
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In 1971, the Pak army again broke the tower and wrote 'mosque' in it. But the people of this country did not accept it. In 1972, the initiative was taken to create new martyrs of martyr in the independent Bangladesh. This time, the original design was abandoned and the work was completed on the basis of the brief design of 1963. Although new design was approved in 1976, it has not been implemented yet. Later in 1983, the expanse of the minaret was brought to the present con
