The Central Shaheed Minar
The central Shaheed Minar is located beside Dhaka Medical College. It is in front of the Science annexe building of Dhaka University. Hamidur Rahman is the architect of the central Shaheed Minar. He designed by combining all the aspirations of Bengali identity and nationalism. The vertical lines of the Shaheed Minar are the symbol of the manifestations of our inner strength. The four columns on both sides reflect the balance and harmony of our united stand. The central Shaheed Minar was built to remember the supreme sacrifice of language martyrs who laid down their lives for establishing our mother tongue as the state language. It signifies love and honour for our mother language It is a unique example in the whole world that the heroic sons of this country sacrificed their lives for their mother tongue. Shaheed Minar symbolizes the national unity and Bengali identity. Before standing at the Shaheed Minar, I bow down my heads to show respect for our language movement martyrs and feel their supreme sacrifice for our mother tongue. It inspires me to protest all kinds of oppression.