Shaheed Minar

The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in , , established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali language movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: Monument to the deaths incurred in the Bangladesh for Language Movement in 1952
  • Also known as: “Shaheed Minar, Dhaka” and “Shahid Minar”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dhakeshwari National Temple and Chawk Mosque, Dhaka.

Hindu temple
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is a in , . It is state-owned, giving it the distinction of being Bangladesh's 'National Temple'. is situated 510 metres west of Shaheed Minar.

Mosque
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The Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque, also known as Chawk Mosque, is a located in the Chowk Bazaar area in the of , . is situated 690 metres south of Shaheed Minar.

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The , officially Three National Leaders' Shrine, located at , New Dhaka in Bangladesh. It contains the graves of three prominent leaders of Pakistan Movement from Bengal: A. is situated 1 km northeast of Shaheed Minar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Dhaka and Central Dhaka.

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is a term used to refer to the historic old city of , the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the , it was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the , and the center of the worldwide muslin trade.

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Central includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries.

Quarter
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Shankhari Bazaar is one of the oldest areas in Bangladesh's , broadly known as Shankhari Potti. It stretches along a narrow lane, lined with richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period.

Shaheed Minar

Latitude
23.72217° or 23° 43′ 20″ north
Longitude
90.39499° or 90° 23′ 42″ east
Open location code
7MMGP9CV+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4364370947
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q2425991
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Shaheed Minar” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় শহীদ মিনার”
  • Bengali: “জাতীয় শহীদ মিনার”
  • Bengali: “বাংলাদেশের কেন্দ্রীয় শহীদ মিনার”
  • Bengali: “শহীদ মিনার”
  • Breton: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Breton: “Shohid Minar”
  • Chinese: “达卡烈塔广场”
  • Chinese: “達卡烈塔廣場”
  • Dutch: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝahid Minar”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝahid-Minar”
  • Estonian: “Shahīd Minār”
  • French: “Shaheed Minar”
  • German: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Greek: “Σαχίντ Μινάρ”
  • Hindi: “शहीद मीनार, ढाका”
  • Indonesian: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Italian: “Shaheed Minar”
  • Japanese: “シャヒド・ミナール”
  • Japanese: “ショヒド・ミナール”
  • Latvian: “Šahīdminārs”
  • Mazanderani: “شهید منار”
  • Nepali: “केन्द्रीय सहिद मिनार”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਮੀਨਾਰ, ਢਾਕਾ”
  • Persian: “شهید منار”
  • Russian: “Шахид-минар”
  • Russian: “Шахид-Минар”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱚᱦᱤᱫᱽ ᱢᱤᱱᱟᱨ, ᱰᱷᱟᱠᱟ”
  • Spanish: “Monumento al Martir”
  • Spanish: “Monumento al Mártir”
  • Ukrainian: “Шахід Мінар”
  • Urdu: “شہید مینار، ڈھاکہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “شہید مینار”

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