Moder Gorob or Our Pride is a sculpture situated in front of

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building in

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. It was dedicated to the memory of those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952, when protesters demanding

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as a state language of former

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were massacred by Pakistan Police.

Structure

There are five different metal sculptures of

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Rafiq Uddin Ahmed Rafiq Uddin Ahmed ( bn, রফিক উদ্দিন আহমদ) (30 October 1926 – 21 February 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement that took place in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) in 1952. He is co ...

, Abdul Jabbar,

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and Abul Barkat. These are situated on a base. In the rear part, there is a long wall rising. There are three steps on the upper part of the wall. Both sides of the wall and other brick-made parts are ornamented by frescoes of the Language movement of 1952.

History

''Moder Gorob'' was completed and installed at a cost of 1.3 million

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(equivalent to US$19,000 in 2007). Telecom company

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donated 1 million taka, the remainder came from

funds. The sculpture was unveiled on 1 February 2007 by

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, Chief Adviser of the caretaker government, as part of the opening of the annual

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Gallery

File:মোদের গরব, সম্মুখ দৃশ্য.jpg, Moder Gorob, front view মোদের গরব, পেছনের দৃশ্য.jpg, Moder Gorob, back view

References

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