Shahbag, the Glossary
Shahbagh (also Shahbaugh or Shahbag, Shāhbāg) is a major neighbourhood and a police precinct or thana in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.[1]
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A. K. Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক; 26October 1873 – 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (Lion of Bengal), was a Bengali lawyer and politician who presented the Lahore Resolution which had the objective of creating an independent Pakistan.
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Abdul Quader Mollah
Abdul Quader Mollah (আব্দুল কাদের মোল্লা; 14 August 1948 – 12 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamist leader, writer, and politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh (ICT) set up by the government of Bangladesh and hanged.
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All India Muhammadan Educational Conference
The All India Muhammadan Educational Conference was an organisation promoting modern, liberal education for the Muslim community in India.
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All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML), simply called the Muslim League, was a political party established in Dhaka in 1906 when some well-known Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests in British India.
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Amazon Standard Identification Number
An Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) is a 10-character alphanumeric unique identifier assigned by Amazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon organization.
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Anandamayi Ma
Anandamayi Ma (born Nirmala Sundari; 30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) was an Indian saint, teacher, and mystic.
Aparajeyo Bangla
Aparajeyo Bangla (অপরাজেয় বাংলা) is one of the most well known sculptures dedicated to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
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Ashram
An ashram (आश्रम) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions.
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Aurangzeb
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as italics, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.
Badri Narayan
Badri Narayan (22 July 1929 – 23 September 2013) was an Indian artist, illustrator, author and story-teller.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh.
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Bangla Academy
The Bangla Academy (বাংলা একাডেমি) is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Bangladesh Betar
Bangladesh Betar (বাংলাদেশ বেতার), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939.
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) also known by its Bengali name, বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো is the centralized official body in Bangladesh for collecting statistics on demographics, the economy, and other facts about the country and disseminating the information.
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Bangladesh Islamic Congress), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, is the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence and known as the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh National Museum
The Bangladesh National Museum (translit), is the national museum of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Shishu Academy
Bangladesh Shishu Academy (বাংলাদেশ শিশু একাডেমি) is the national academy for children in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Short Film Forum
Bangladesh Short Film Forum (BSFF) is an organization of young Bangladeshi film makers.
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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bānlādēśa prakauśala biśbabidyālaẏa), commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Bangladeshi calendar
The Bangladeshi calendar (বাংলা সাল, also called the Bangla Year) is a civil calendar used in Bangladesh, alongside the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic calendar.
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Banyan
A banyan, also spelled banian, is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely.
Baro-Bhuyan
The Baro-Bhuyans (or Baro-Bhuyan Raj; also Baro-Bhuians and Baro-Bhuiyans) were confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period.
Basanta Uṯsab
Basanta Utsab (বসন্ত উৎসব) is a festival celebrated by Bengalis.
Bazaar
A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and South Asia.
Bengal
Geographical distribution of the Bengali language Bengal (Bôṅgo) or endonym Bangla (Bāṅlā) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.
Bengali language
Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.
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Bengali language movement
The Bengali language movement was a political movement in former East Bengal in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and stamps, and to maintain its writing in the Bengali script.
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Bhawal Estate
Bhawal Estate was a large zamindari in Bengal (in modern-day Gazipur, Bangladesh) until it was abolished according to East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950.
Bikrampur
Bikrampur ("City of Courage") was a pargana situated south of Dhaka, the modern capital city of Bangladesh.
Bioscope show
A Bioscope show was a music hall and fairground attraction consisting of a travelling cinema.
BIRDEM
BIRDEM, the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders at Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a 650-bed multidisciplinary hospital complex of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh.
British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Buddhadeva Bose
Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century.
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Charles Alfred Elliott
Sir Charles Alfred Elliott (8 December 1835 – 28 May 1911) was a Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.
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Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, (20 June 1858 – 2 August 1944) was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1910 to 1916.
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Common Era
Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.
Cycle rickshaw
The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport.
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Dhaka
Dhaka (or; Ḍhākā), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
Dhaka Club
The Dhaka Club (formerly spelled as Dacca Club) is the oldest recreation organisation and the largest of elite clubs in Dhaka.
Dhaka Gate
Dhaka Gate also known as Mir Jumla's Gate or Ramna Gate is a monument believed to be built by Mir Jumla II and enlisted as one of the oldest Mughal architectures in Dhaka.
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Dhaka University metro station
Dhaka University (romanised: Dhaka Bisshobiddaloy), also sometimes unofficially and colloquially referred as TSC station, is an elevated metro station on MRT Line 6 of the Dhaka Metro Rail.
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District magistrate
The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India.
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East Bengal
East Bengal (পূর্ব বাংলা/পূর্ববঙ্গ Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo) was a non-contiguous province of the Dominion of Pakistan.
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.
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East Pakistan
East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh.
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
The Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) was established in 1948 as the Dhaka Art School.
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Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.
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Farmgate
Farmgate is an area in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Shahbag and Farmgate are neighbourhoods in Dhaka.
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, (21 June 182612 February 1902), was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society.
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Governor-General of India
The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor/Empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Monarch of India.
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Gulistan, Dhaka
Gulistan is one of the busiest commercial areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Gulshan Thana
Gulshan (Gulaśāna) is a thana situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahbag and Gulshan Thana are thanas of Dhaka.
Gurdwara
A gurdwara or gurudwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ gurdu'ārā, literally "Door of the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs but its normal meaning is place of guru or "Home of guru".
H. D. S. Greenway
Hugh David Scott Greenway (born May 5, 1935) is an American journalist who has worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for Time Life, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.
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Hakim Habibur Rahman
Hakim Habibur Rahman (হাকিম হাবিবুর রহমান, حکیمحبیب الرحمن; 23 March 188123 February 1947) was an Unani physician, litterateur, journalist, politician and chronicler in early 20th-century Dhaka.
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Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (lit, HuJI) is a Pakistani Islamist extremist, fundamentalist and terrorist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate Division.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
History of Bangladesh
The history of Bangladesh as a civilized nation goes back for more than four millennia to the Chalcolithic.
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Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী; حسین شہید سہروردی; 8 September 18925 December 1963) was a Pakistani Bengali barrister and politician.
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Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka
The Institute of Business Administration (ব্যবসা প্রশাসন ইনস্টিটিউট) of the University of Dhaka, commonly known as IBA, is a business school located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) is an institution dedicated to Cost and Management Accounting education and research in Bangladesh.
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Institute of Modern Languages (Dhaka)
The Institute of Modern Languages (IML) is an institute of the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh dedicated to teaching various modern languages including Bengali, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi.
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InterContinental
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is a British-American luxury hotel brand created in 1946 by Pan Am founder Juan Trippe.
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International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)
The International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) (ICT of Bangladesh) is a domestic war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad (translit), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh.
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Jatra (theatre)
Jatra (origin: Yatra meaning procession or journey in Sanskrit) is a popular folk-theatre form Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of Bengali speaking areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Tripura As of 2005, there were some 55 troupes based in Calcutta's old Jatra district, Chitpur Road, and all together, is a $21m-a-year industry, performed on nearly 4,000 stages in West Bengal alone, where in 2001, over 300 companies employed over 20,000 people, more than the local film industry and urban theatre.
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Jobbarer Boli Khela
Boli Khela or Bali Khela (বলীখেলা) is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area considered as a national game of the district.
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Kali
Kali (काली), also called Kalika, is a major Hindu goddess associated with time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism.
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Kamalapur metro station
Kamalapur (romanised: Komolapur) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6, currently under construction.
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Karwan Bazar metro station
Karwan Bazar (romanised: Karoan Bajar) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6.
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Katabon Mosque
Katabon Mosque (কাটাবন মসজিদ) in Shahbag, Dhaka is a center for Muslim missionaries in Bangladesh.
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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam (কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম,; 25 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, writer, journalist, and musician.
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Kedar Ray
Kedarnath Dev Ray (1561–1616 CE) was the Maharaja of Bikrampur, and among the most prominent of the Baro-Bhuyan in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent,.
Khawaja Nazimuddin
Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন; خواجہ ناظِمُ الدّین; 19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and later as the second prime minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.
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Khwaja Abdul Ghani
Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani (30 July 1813 – 24 August 1896) was the second Nawab of Dhaka and the first to assume the title of Nawab as hereditary, recognized by the British Raj.
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Khwaja Ahsanullah
Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah KCIE (22 August 1846 – 16 December 1901) was the third Nawab of Dhaka.
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Khwaja Alimullah
Khwaja Alimullah (died 24 August 1854) was the first Nawab of Dhaka.
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Khwaja Salimullah
Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur (7 June 1871 – 16 January 1915) was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British rule in India.
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Lieutenant governor
A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction.
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List of constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad
This is a list of 300 parliamentary constituencies currently represented in the Jatiya Sangsad, the unicameral national legislature of Bangladesh.
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List of governors of Bengal Presidency
The Governor of Bengal was the head of the executive government of the Bengal Presidency from 1834 to 1854 and again from 1912 to 1947.
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Madhur Canteen
Madhur Canteen (Madhu's canteen) is a familiar name in the history of the Dhaka University as well as in the national politics of Bangladesh because of its association with various political movements which originated from the Dhaka University.
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Maghbazar
Maghbazar (মগবাজার) or Mogbazar is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahbag and Maghbazar are neighbourhoods in Dhaka.
Marketplace
A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.
Mausoleum of Three Leaders
The Mausoleum of Three Leaders (তিন নেতার মাজার) located at Shahbag, Dhaka in Bangladesh, contains the graves of three prominent leaders of Pakistan Movement from Bengal: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Khawaja Nazimuddin.
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Mir Jumla II
Mir Jumla II (12 February 1591 – 30 March 1663), or Amir Jumla, also known as Ardistānī Mir Muhammad, was a military general, wealthy diamond trader, a Vizier of Golconda sultanate, and later a prominent subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
Mirpur Model Thana
Mirpur (মিরপুর) is a thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Shahbag and Mirpur Model Thana are thanas of Dhaka.
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Mohakhali
Mohakhali (মহাখালী) is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Shahbag and Mohakhali are neighbourhoods in Dhaka.
Motijheel metro station
Motijheel (romanised: Motijhil) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6.
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Motijheel Thana
Motijheel (মতিঝিল) is a central business district and a thana of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahbag and Motijheel Thana are thanas of Dhaka.
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MRT Line 6
The MRT Line 6 (এমআরটি লাইন ৬) is a rapid transit line of the Dhaka Metro Rail. It is Bangladesh's first rapid transit line and has been in service since 2022. It is an entirely elevated line and currently has 14 stations operational in service between Uttara North and Motijheel.
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture is the type of Indo-Islamic architecture developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the ever-changing extent of their empire in the Indian subcontinent.
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Mughal dynasty
The Mughal dynasty (دودمان مغل) was a dynasty which comprised the members of the imperial House of Babur (خاندانِ آلِ بابُر), also known as the Gurkanis (گورکانیان), who ruled the Mughal Empire from to 1857.
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Muhammad Azam Shah
Mirza Abu'l Fayaz Qutb-ud-Din Mohammad Azam (28 June 1653 – 20 June 1707), commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the seventh Mughal emperor from 14 March to 20 June 1707.
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Mukti Bahini
The Mukti Bahini, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971.
Murshidabad
Murshidabad is a historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
Muslin
Muslin is a cotton fabric of plain weave.
Muzharul Islam
Muzharul Islam (25 December 1923 – 15 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi architect, urban planner, educator and activist.
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Nawab of Dhaka
The Nawab of Dhaka (Bengali: "ঢাকার নবাব"), originally spelt in English Nawab of Dacca, was the title of the head of one of the largest Muslim zamindar in British Bengal and Assam, based in present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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New Year's Day
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.
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Old Dhaka
Old Dhaka (Puran Dhaka) is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Shahbag and old Dhaka are neighbourhoods in Dhaka.
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.
Partition of Bengal (1905)
The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj.
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Partition of India
The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.
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Persian gardens
The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens (باغ ایرانی) is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire.
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Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
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Pohela Boishakh
Pohela Boishakh (পহেলা বৈশাখ)) is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley). It is a festival based on the spring harvest—which marks the first day of the new year in the official calendar of Bangladesh.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
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Protiva Bose
Protiva Bose (also spelled Pratibha Basu; প্রতিভা বসু) (March 13, 1915 – 13 October 2006) was a singer and one of the most prolific and widely read Bengali writers of novels, short stories, and essays.
Public holidays in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has numerous public holidays, including national memorial, religious and secular holidays of Bengali origin.
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Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
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Quamrul Hassan
Quamrul Hassan (1921–1988) was a Bangladeshi artist.
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Race track
A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing).
Ramna Kali Mandir
The Ramna Kali Mandir (রমনা কালী মন্দির) is a temple in Dhaka that was originally built in the time of the Mughal Empire.
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Ramna Park
Ramna Park (রমনা পার্ক) or Ramna Green (label) is a significant urban green space renowned for its historical significance and recreational amenities, situated at the centre of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ramna Thana
Ramna (রমনা) is a thana (precinct) in central Dhaka and a historic colonial neighbourhood. Shahbag and Ramna Thana are thanas of Dhaka.
Rashed Khan Menon
Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Sadhu
Sadhu (साधु, IAST: (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life.
Shah
Shah (شاه) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Indian and Iranian monarchies.
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Shahbag
Shahbagh (also Shahbaugh or Shahbag, Shāhbāg) is a major neighbourhood and a police precinct or thana in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. Shahbag and Shahbag are neighbourhoods in Dhaka and thanas of Dhaka.
Shahbag metro station
Shahbagh, officially spelt as Shahbag (romanised: Shahbag) is a metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6.
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist.
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Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an American international hotel chain owned by Marriott International.
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Shishu Park
The Dhaka Shishu Park (ঢাকা শিশু পার্ক) is one of the many children's amusement parks in Dhaka City along with many other privately operated entertainment parks and amusement centres in Dhaka.
Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.
Six point movement
The Six point movement was a movement in East Pakistan, spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which called for greater autonomy for East Pakistan.
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Subedar
Subedar is a military rank in the militaries of South Asia roughly equivalent to that of a warrant officer.
Sufi lodge
A Sufi lodge is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood or tariqa and is a place for spiritual practice and religious education.
Sufia Kamal National Public Library
The Sufia Kamal National Public Library (সুফিয়া কামাল জাতীয় গণগ্রন্থাগার) is the largest public library in Bangladesh and houses the central administration of the Department of Public Libraries, under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
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Suhrawardy Udyan
Suhrawardy Udyan (সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যান) is a national memorial and public space located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Supreme Court of Bangladesh (translit) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh.
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Tawaif
A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer‚ dancer‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator.
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Thoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a primary passage or way of transport, whether by road on dry land or, by extension, via watercraft or aircraft.
University of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (Ḍhākā biśbabidyālaẏa; also known as Dhaka University or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Upazila
An upazila (lit pronounced), formerly called thana, is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district.
Urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
Urdu
Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.
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Uttara (neighbourhood)
Uttara Model Town or simply Uttara (উত্তরা romanised: Uttora) is a neighbourhood of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Shahbag and Uttara (neighbourhood) are neighbourhoods in Dhaka.
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Uttara North metro station
Uttara North (romanised: Uttora uttor) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6.
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Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.
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Vasanta (season)
Vasanta (translit), also referred to as Basant, refers to the Indian spring.
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Workers Party of Bangladesh
The Workers Party of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি) is a communist party in Bangladesh.
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Zainul Abedin
Zainul Abedin (29 December 1914 – 28 May 1976), also known as Shilpacharya (Master of Art) was a Bangladeshi painter.
Zamindar
A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal ruler of a zamindari (feudal estate).
2008 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008.
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2013 Shahbag protests
On 5 February 2013, protests ignited in Shahbagh, Bangladesh, fueled by the call for the execution of the convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.
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See also
Thanas of Dhaka
- Adabar Thana
- Badda Thana
- Bangsal Thana
- Bimanbandar Thana (Dhaka)
- Cantonment Thana
- Chowkbazar Thana
- Darus Salam Thana
- Demra Thana
- Dhakshinkhan Thana
- Dhanmondi Thana
- Gendaria Thana
- Gulshan Thana
- Hatirjheel Thana
- Hazaribagh Thana
- Jatrabari Thana
- Kadamtali Thana
- Kafrul Thana
- Kalabagan
- Kamrangirchar Thana
- Khilgaon Thana
- Khilkhet Thana
- Kotwali Thana (Dhaka)
- Lalbagh Thana
- Mirpur Model Thana
- Mohammadpur Thana
- Motijheel Thana
- Mugda
- New Market Thana
- Pallabi Thana
- Paltan
- Ramna Thana
- Rampura Thana
- Sabujbagh Thana
- Shah Ali Thana
- Shahbag
- Shahjahanpur Thana
- Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
- Shyampur Thana
- Sutrapur Thana
- Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana
- Tejgaon Thana
- Turag Thana
- Uttar Khan Thana
- Vatara Thana
- Wari Thana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahbag
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