Chandrima Uddan or Chandrima Udyan ( bn, চন্দ্রিমা উদ্যান; ''Chandrimā'' "moon" ''Udyān'' "park") is a
park
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situated across the road of the
national parliament house, in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
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.
The park is notable for being the place where the former Bangladeshi
President
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,
Ziaur Rahman
Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...
was buried. It is connected to the road with a
bridge
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which runs over the Crescent Lake (from which the park derives its original name). According to a 2014 ''Dhaka Tribune'' article, "Illegal establishments, drug addicts, hookers, muggers and petty criminals have robbed the park of most of its beauty."
Gallery
File:Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman (03).jpg, Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman
The Mausoleum Complex of Ziaur Rahman is a significant architectural engineering monument located in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka city in Bangladesh. The monument hosts the grave of Ziaur Rahman, the 7th president of Bangladesh, who is famous fo ...
in Chandrima Uddan.
File:Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman (06).jpg, Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman
Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...
in Chandrima Uddan.
File:Crescent Lake - Chandrima Uddan.jpg, Crescent Lake.
File:Crescent Lake Bridge - Chandrima Uddan (02).jpg, bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
which runs over the Crescent Lake.
File:জিয়াউর রহমানের সমাধি এর সামনের মসজিদ.jpg, Chandrima Uddan Mosque
References
Parks in Dhaka
Tombs in Bangladesh
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