Shaheed Minar is the memorial of the glorious bearer of Bayannar language movement. Central Shaheed Minar is located next to Dhaka Medical College. On February 21, 1952, a procession of Dhaka University students and progressive political workers violated Article 144 and entered the Dhaka Medical College area on the demand of “Bangla as the national language”. They were shot indiscriminately. At that time, Salam, Jabbar, Rafiq were shot. Many unknown martyrs were built in their memory on February 23 at the eastern end of shed number 12 of the medical college.
The then students of Dhaka Medical College built Shaheed Minar between afternoon and night. News of Shaheed Minar was published in Dainik Azad newspaper under the title – In memory of Shaheed Vir. The first Shaheed minar was 10 feet in height and 6 feet in width. GS Sharfuddin, Badrul Alam, Syed Haider were two masons involved in the construction of Shaheed Minar. On February 26, the Shaheed Minar was demolished on the orders of the government. After Bengali was recognized as the national language in 1957, the construction of the current central Shaheed Minar started and ended in 1963.
How to go
You can easily come to Shaheed Minar area by rickshaw from any part of Dhaka.
Nearest Places to Visit
Apart from Shaheed Minar, an afternoon can be spent at Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka University Curzon Hall, Doel Chattar, Suhrawardy Udyan, Fine Arts Institute, National Museum or TSC.