Hamidur Rahman (1928 – 19 November 1988) was a Bangladeshi artist and sculptor. He is best known as the architect of the
Shaheed Minar, a national monument 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 i ...
, Bangladesh,
established to commemorate the martyrs of the
Language Movement of 1952.
Gallery
Image:Oil painting (c. 1980) by Hamidur Rahman.jpg, oil painting (c. 1980) by Hamidur Rahman
Image:Mural of Shaheed Minar.png, A mural painted by Novera and Rahman
Image:Original Model of Shaheed Minar.png, Original plan and model of Shaheed Minar, 1956
Death
Hamidur Rahman died on November 19, 1988 in
Montreal
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,
Canada
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.
References
1928 births
1988 deaths
Bangladeshi sculptors
Bengali male artists
20th-century sculptors
Recipients of the Ekushey Padak in arts
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