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Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, [a] also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or Dhanmondi 32, was a museum located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, [1] which was once the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also called Bangabandhu, the founding leader and president of Bangladesh. [2]
On 5 February 2025, the former residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, commonly known as Dhanmondi 32, was occupied and demolished by the protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh.The building considered a historic site by the Awami League and its supporters, and later turned into a museum, was torn down by protesters during a period of intense political turmoil following months after the resignation of the ...
On 11 April 1994, Sheikh Hasina established the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. On 6 September 1994, Hasina handed over the deed of Bangabandhu Bhaban, the personal residence to Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. The trust turned Bangabandhu Bhaban in to a museum, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. The first head of the museum was A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed.
Administered by the Bangladesh Army, the museum is located right beside the Novo Theatre at Bijoy Sarani of the capital Dhaka. [2] [3] [4] The museum has a collection of Bangladesh's military history, heritage, success stories and various weapons and ammunition. [5] [6] [7] It is now most popular to the young generation and also to the ll ages ...
Bangabandhu's birthday is a public holiday throughout Bangladesh, and programs were organized in 2019 (including in Tungipara, his birthplace). The president and prime minister paid their respects at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum (his former residence) in Dhaka and at his mausoleum in Tungipara.
A symbol of the country's establishment, the house is where Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), as he is popularly known, declared Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971. A few years later it ...
In 1994, architect Ehsan Khan, Ishtiaq Zahir and Iqbal Habib were commissioned to convert Bangabandhu's residence in Dhaka into a museum. After they completed the work in 1995, Sheikh Hasina asked them to build a mausoleum complex for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [c] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, [d] was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist, who was the founding president of Bangladesh.