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[name] => {:en}Megalithic Tombs Stone{:}{:bn}প্রাগৈতিহাসিক যুগের স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ{:}
[post_id] => 4276
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This glorious place, of Megalithic Tombs Stone, holds the remaining pieces of Jainta Kingdom. The damaged Rajbari or King's palace, Jainteshvari temple, and megalithic monument are found here. Megalithic monument is the best heritage structure among these. There is no other megalithic monument in Bangladesh other than this. Jaintiapur is the only place in Bangladesh where Meghalithic remnants have been discovered.
Due to its geophysical condition the region remained independent for a long time and was well known as Jaintapur Kingdom. As such it was mentioned in Epic, Puranic, and Tantric literatures. However, a number of local legends, folk tales, and inscriptions suggest that from approximately the 7th/8th century AD Jaintapur came under the control of Kamarupa Kingdom and that later it went under the control of the Chandra and Varman rulers.
After the fall of the Varmans, Jaintapur was again ruled for some time by the Deva dynasty. Jayanta Ray, the last ruler of the Deva dynasty, had a daughter named Jayanti, who got married to a son of a Khasi chief, named Landowar. Due to this matrimonial alliance, Jaintapur kingdom went under the control of the Khasis in c 1500 AD. Subsequently, Khasi kings ruled over the kingdom independently till the British occupied it in 1835.
{:}{:bn}স্মৃতিস্তম্ভটি সিলেট সদর থেকে ২৫ মাইল দূরে ভারতের মেঘালয়ের নিকটে এই প্রাগৈতিহাসিক যুগের স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ অবস্থিত। এ স্থানে রয়েছে জৈন্তা সাম্রাজ্যের অবশিষ্ট স্মৃতি। এখানে আপনি ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত রাজবাড়ি, জৈন্তেসবাড়ি মন্দির, এবং সবচেয়ে আকর্ষণীয় প্রাগৈতিহাসিক যুগের স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ দেখতে পাবেন। জৈন্তাপুর ব্যাতিত বাংলাদেশের আর কোথাও প্রাগৈতিহাসিক যুগের স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ পাওয়া যায়নি।{:}
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[name] => Shaheed Sagor
[post_id] => 3726
[post_link] => http://offroadbangladesh.com/places/shaheed-sagor/
[thumb_link] => http://offroadbangladesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Shaheed-sagar-by-geo-location-300x224.jpg
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At the North Bengal Sugar Mills Ltd. at Gopalpur in Natore district, about one hundred innocent people, officers, laborers, staffs and others of the mills, were killed on the staircase of a pond in the main mill premises by machine gun burst-fire on May 5, 1971 by the beastly Pakistani soldiers. This holy pond is now called “Shaheed Sagar” by the local people.
On 1971 30th March in Lalpur Upazila, 4km to north of Gopalpur in Moynapur Village there was a war of Khan Senas. Next day when Major Reza Khan planned to escape he was shot by the public. In order to prevent Pakistani army for landing on the airport the local people demanding freedom broke the runway and maid the Iswardi Airport inactive. There was a horrendous condition in the town yet for the sake of sugar cane cultivators, each people were assigned individual responsibilities in the mills. In May 5 1971 despite the surrounding conditions Mill was active.
Then suddenly a group of Pakistani soldiers with the help of some Rajakaars entered the mill. The brush fired and killed the administrator Lt. Anwarul Azim and other employees of the mill. After killing them they left all the dead bodies in the pond. After Liberation this pond was named as Sagor Dighi. In 1973 in memory of Lt. Anwarul Azim Gopalpur railway station was named as Azimpur Station.
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[name] => National Martyrs Memorial
[post_id] => 5659
[post_link] => http://offroadbangladesh.com/places/national-martyrs-memorial/
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Jatiyo Sriti Shoudho (জাতীয় স্মৃতি সৌধ) or National Martyrs Memorial is the national monument of Bangladesh is the symbol in the memory of the velour and the sacrifice of all those who gave their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought independence and separated Bangladesh from Pakistan.
National Martyrs Memorial is situated in Nabinagar, Savar approximately 35 km from Dhaka. The memorial designed by architect Moinul Hossain is dedicated to the sacred memory of the millions of unknown martyrs of the war of liberation. This Martyrs Memorial is a symbol of Bengali nationalism. It is really a scenic beauty of 108 acre of land. The top of this monument is 150 ft. high, which consists other 07 triangular monuments.
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[name] => {:en}Rayer Bazar Boddho Bhumi{:}{:bn}রায়েরবাজার বধ্যভূমি {:}
[post_id] => 1462
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Rayer Bazaar is a well-known thoroughfare in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is generally regarded as one of the historical areas of the city. Rayer Bazaar was founded during the colonial period most probably in the 19th century. It was the potters who first started to live here beside the Turag River. This Place was most probably named after someone titled Ray. It was easy to find the clay used to make pots in this area and spread it around by boats as it was situated near the river.
During the Mughal period, this place was famous for pottery and most of the potters of this region used to live in Rayer Bazar, because the famous “lal mati” was available in this place. During the Mughal and British Colonial period, the red clay was not available in the neighborhoods. As a result, the Potters of Rayer Bazar have a long tradition of working with this red clay. According to Dr. Wise, this place was known as “Kumartoli” during the Mughal period.
Rayer Bazar will remain in our memories, in our history for another reason. In the night of 14 December 1971, many of Bangladesh’s intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, and writers were rounded up in Dhaka. They were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different sections of the city. Later on, they were executed and thrown out in the swamps, at Rayerbazar.
In memory of the martyred intellectuals of 1971, a Memorial is created in there. The ‘Al-Badr’ and ‘Al-Shams’ Group helped the West Pakistan Army to locate the intellectuals and slaughtered them and many other innocent peoples at night. After the massacre they brought the corpses and left them into the swamps of Rayer Bazaar. After the Liberation War, the people of Dhaka found out that all the dead bodies of many great intellectuals and innocent people are piled up in here.” Martyred Intellectuals Memorial is the memorial built for the memory of the martyred intellectuals of 1971. The memorial is built in the Boddhobhumi at Rayer Bazaar.
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বাংলাদেশের রাজধানী ঢাকার অন্যতম ঐতিহাসিক এলাকা হল রায়েরবাজার। সম্ভবত ১৯শ শতকে ঔপনিবেশিক শাসনামলে এই এলাকাটিকে বসবাসযোগ্য করে গড়ে তোলা হয়। তুরাগ নদীর পাশেই অবস্থিত এই এলাকায় মাটির সহজলভ্যতা এবং নদীপথে মাটির তৈরি পণ্য পরিবহনের সুবিধার কারনে এখানে সর্বপ্রথম কুমোররা বাস করতে শুরু করে। সম্ভবত রায় নামক কোন ব্যাক্তির নামে এই এলাকার নামকরণ করা হয়েছিল।
মুঘল আমলে রায়েরবাজার খ্যাতি ছিল মৃৎশিল্পের জন্য। এই অঞ্চলে নামকরা ‘লালমাটির’ সহজলভ্যতার কারনে বেশীরভাগ কুমোররা এখানে বাস করত। মুঘল এবং ইংরেজ শাসনামলে এই এলাকার আশেপাশে লালমাটি পাওয়া যেতো না। রায়েরবাজারের কুমোরদের লালমাটি দিয়ে কাজ করার সুদীর্ঘ ঐতিহ্য ছিল। ইতিহাসবিদ ডঃ ওয়াইজের মতে মুঘল আমলে রায়েরবাজারের নাম ছিল ‘কুমারতলী’।
আমাদের স্মৃতিতে এবং ইতিহাস রায়েরবাজারের নাম লেখা থাকবে আরেকটি কারনে। ১৯৭১ সালের ১৪ই ডিসেম্বরের কালরাতে ঢাকায় শিক্ষক, সাংবাদিক, চিকিৎসক, শিল্পী, প্রকৌশলী, লেখকসহ বাংলাদেশের বিভিন্ন পেশার বুদ্ধিজীবিদের চোখ বেধে ঘর থেকে তুলে মিরপুর, মোহাম্মদপুর, নাখালপাড়া, রাজারবাগসহ শহরের বিভিন্ন নির্যাতন কেন্দ্রে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। পরবর্তীতে অকথ্য নির্যাতনের পর তাঁদের নৃশংসভাবে হত্যা করা হয় এবং রায়েরবাজার বধ্যভূমিতে এসব কৃতি সন্তানের লাশ ফেলে দেওয়া হয়। সেই কালরাতে পাকবাহিনীকে তাদের এদেশীয় দোসর ‘আল বদর’ ও ‘আল শামস’ এসব বুদ্ধিজীবিদের খুঁজে পেতে সহায়তা করে। দেশ স্বাধীন হবার পর রায়েরবাজারের বধ্যভূমি আবিষ্কৃত হয় যেখানে দেশের এসব প্রথিতযশা বুদ্ধিজীবির পচা গলা লাশ ছড়িয়ে ছিটিয়ে পড়ে থাকতে দেখা যায়। ১৯৭১ সালের শহীদ বুদ্ধিজীবিদের স্মরণে রায়েরবাজারের বধ্যভূমিতে একটি স্মৃতিসৌধ নির্মাণ করা হয়েছে।
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