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This is a list of artistic depictions of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president and founding leader of Bangladesh. [1]
| This article needs to be updated.(November 2024) |
This is a list of artistic depictions of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president and founding leader of Bangladesh. [1]
The first artificial satellite launched by Bangladesh "Bangabandhu-1" has been named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Longest Bridge of Bangladesh Yamuna Multi-purpose Bridge has been renamed as “Bangabandhu Bridge”. Also, in 1998 AD, the national stadium of Bangladesh located in Gulistan, "Dhaka Stadium", was renamed as Bangabandhu Stadium. In 2009, China-Bangladesh Friendship Conference Center located at Agargaon, Sher Bangla Nagar, Dhaka was renamed as "Bangabandhu International Conference Center". [29] [30] In 2004, the name of "Bhasani Novo Theatre" was changed to "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre".
In 1998, Dhaka's "Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research" (IPGMR) was upgraded to a medical university and renamed as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Soon after the independence of Bangladesh, the main road of Agrabad, the commercial area of Chittagong city, was renamed as "Sheikh Mujib Road" from "Jinnah Road". [31]
A bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was inaugurated in Ankara, Turkey, in December 2021 and a park was renamed after him. [32]
Two rooms of Baker Hostel (no. 23 and 24) were converted into a museum in honor of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and the first president of Bangladesh. The museum was inaugurated on 31 July 1998. [33] On 23 February 2011, a bust of Mujib was installed in the hostel. [34]
In 2017, the All Bengal Minority Youth Federation criticized the decision and demanded that the bust of Bangabandhu be removed from the hostel as Islam does not allow the installation of idols in the building. The organization's general secretary Kamruzzaman found this act objectionable because a mosque is located inside the hostel. [35] The organization sent letters to Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, regarding the matter. In March, the month before Sheikh Hasina's visit to India, the central government of India had directed the West Bengal government to take action against the organization and its supporters, who it termed as anti-Hasina extremist groups. [36]
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister of Bangladesh, Md. Tajul Islam, visited the museum in March 2019 and found defects in the bust, which was replaced by a new bust on August 3. [37]
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