Kolkata, India
1A, Cathedral Rd, Maidan
N/A
Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
So greenery... Awesome
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Nice small patch of green near Planetarium. Dedicated to World Mother Language Day. Has a bust of Ho Chi Mihn. Nearby is a full statue of Indira Gandhi.
This place or garden made in the memory of the martyrs of 21st february1952 , when many fighters for bengali language was killed by Pakistani soldiers because pakistan bound the east Pakistanis(Bangladeshis) to speak in Urdu as national language but in East pakistan majority were Bengalees they stood against this rule for their mother language and gave their lives in the respect of Bangla to honour and as a result Bangladesh come up as a separate independent nation, that day UNESCO declared 21st february as International Mother language Day and the . This garden is also dedicated to the martyrs of 21st July 1993,The 21 July Martyrs Day rally is a mass rally organized bythe All India Trinamool Congress in remembrance of 13 people shot dead by WestBengal Police in Kolkata during a protest movement by the West Bengal YouthCongress under Ms Mamata Banerjee on 21 July 1993. This place contain two wonderful sculpture of mother and her martyr son. This place has limited numbers of seats but well organised and no cost is charged to visit this place . Garden was in the north opposite side of Birla Planetarium ,just behind the Indira uddan.
It's just opposite of birla planetarium. It is a memory of mother tongue of Bengali people's.
Little place and place RIP for 1993 21july Sahid in kolkata's people
The memorial is in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement in Bangladesh, who gave their lives for the cause of Bengali to be made the national language, on February 21, 1952. Bhasha Shahid Smarak at the Ekushe Udyan park situated opposite M.P. Birla Planetarium.The memorial comprises a statue of a woman with long braided hair, holding a dead man on her lap. The woman symbolises ‘Mother Language’ and the dead man, the martyrs who gave their lives for the cause of their language. On the pedestal is etched the famous lines: 'Aamar bhai-er rakte rangano Ekushe February Ami ki bhulite pari'. February 21 is now celebrated as International Mother Language Day. The day promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
A beautifully maintained green patch of island. The ‘smarak’ or ‘memorial’ is in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement or Bhasha Andolan in Bangladesh, who gave their lives for the cause of Bengali to be made the national language, on February 21, 1952. February 21 is now celebrated as International Mother Language Day, after being recognised by UNESCO in 1999, and later by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008. The day promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The memorial comprises a statue of a woman with long braided hair, holding a dead man on her lap. The woman symbolises ‘Mother Language’ and the dead man, the martyrs who gave their lives for the cause of their language.
Well maintained greenery amidst the din and bustle of Chowranghee. I felt insecure as there is no guard for the fountain pool.
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