Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam
কাজী নজরুল ইসলামের সমাধিসৌধ
Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam in Dhaka 01.jpg
The mausoleum is the resting place of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam
General information
Type Mausoleum
Location University of Dhaka, Shahbag, Dhaka
Coordinates 23°44′06″N90°23′42″E / 23.7350638°N 90.3949814°E / 23.7350638; 90.3949814
Construction started1999
Inaugurated2009
Client Government of Bangladesh
Design and construction
Architect(s) Muzharul Islam
Grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam Grave 1.jpg
Grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam

The Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam is a mausoleum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It marks the grave of the 20th century writer, poet and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet. He died 29 August 1976.

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Background

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Plaque of the mausoleum complex

Bangladesh became independent on 16 December 1971. Then on 24 May 1972, after getting permission from the Indian government, then Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman brought Kazi Nazrul Islam and his family from Kolkata to Dhaka. [1] Then the poet started living in Bangladesh with his family. He wrote a song with the lyrics "Mosjideri Pashe Amay Kobor Diyo Bhai, Jeno Gore Thekeo Moazziner Azan Shunte Pai" (lit. 'Bury me next to the mosque, brother, so that I can hear the call to adhan from the muezzin '). [2] He was admitted to PG Hospital of Dhaka (now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) on 23 July 1975. After getting citizenship on 18 February 1976, his physical condition started to deteriorate. After his death on 29 August 1976, he was buried next to a mosque established in 1966, which was the central mosque of University of Dhaka, as per the wishes of the song he wrote. [3] [4]

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Main gate of the Mausoleum

The foundation stone of the project to convert Kazi Nazrul Islam's tomb area into a mausoleum was laid on 25 May 1999[ citation needed ] and the mausoleum was inaugurated on 27 August 2009 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ten years later. [5] On 16 February 2011, two persons named Jaynath Nandi and Debashish Bhattacharya from West Bengal traveled to Bangladesh on a bicycle with soil from the grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam's wife Pramila Kazi located in Churulia. On 28 February, they placed that soil on the grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam. [6] The mausoleum complex, designed by Muzharul Islam, covers the tombs of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan, Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chowdhury. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ ফুলে ফুলে ভরে গেল কবির সমাধি [The tomb of the poet was filled with flowers]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 27 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Shah Matin Tipu (27 August 2014). 'মসজিদেরই পাশে আমার কবর দিও ভাই' ['Bury me next to the mosque brother']. Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Hasan, Abid (5 June 2021). যে মসজিদের পাশে শায়িত কবি নজরুল [Poet Nazrul is lying next to the mosque]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Zaman, Bipul (24 May 2022). ঢাকায় নজরুল, নজরুলের ঢাকা [Nazrul in Dhaka, Nazrul's Dhaka]. Sarabangla.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ↑ নজরুলের সমাধি সৌধ উদ্বোধন [Inauguration of Nazrul's mausoleum]. Deutsche Welle (in Bengali). 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ↑ নজরুল সমাধিতে প্রমীলা কাজীর কবরের মাটি [Pramila Kazi's grave soil in Nazrul's grave]. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "DU to build mausoleum on grave of Nazrul". The Daily Star . 9 November 2008. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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