The Man Behind The Shaheed Minar

There is a tragic histroy behind the Central Shadeed minar. In 1948 Mohammad Ali Zinnah of
West Pakistan declared in a conference in Dhaka. ''Urdu urdu shall be the state language of
Pakistan''. This was a plot and attack on our culture and language. Than student of our country began a mivement against this declaration. They brought out processing demanding of declare Bengali as the state language of Pakistan. The governmentof Pakistan was strict on its decision and declared curfew. It was 21st february, 1952. Breaking the 144 section, the student took procession. Near Dhaka Medical College Hospital police fired upon the procession and salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabber and some other student died on the spot. There after, central Shaheed Minar was built to make the memory of the martyrs immortal. Hamidur Rahaman was the man who gave shape to the concept and design of the Shaheed Minar, by combining all the aspirations of Bengali identity and nationalism. He was the first art student of Bangladesh who is the 1950s went to Europe and studied at ''Ecole de Beaux Art'' in Paris. He was the pioneer of the new painting movement of the then Pakistan.