First permanent Shaheed Minar at Jahangirnagar University designed by Architect Rabiul Hossain.
The first permanent Shaheed Minar at Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be inaugurated today.
JU Vice Chancellor Prof Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman will inaugurate the Shaheed Minar.
Architect Rabiul Hossain has designed the monument.
The Shaheed Minar was built on the premises adjacent to the new arts faculty building of the university.
JU Shaheed Minar, the tallest in the country, is 71 feet in height and made of ceramic bricks on a basement of 52 feet circumferences, which symbolise the language movement in 1952.
The Shaheed Minar represents its main theme through its three triangular-shaped pillars. Each of the pillars is 71 feet in height. The pillars symbolise the independence while eight stairs leading to the alter symbolise the eight important movement, in 1947, 1952, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969 and 1970, that ultimately led to the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
Of the three pillars, one symbolises the Bangla language, art, and culture, another one symbolises history of Bangla, heritage and its earth and people, and the third one symbolises sovereignty, Liberation War and independence of Bangladesh.
The foundation stone of the Shaheed Minar was laid on November 6, 2004.
