Historic Suhrawardy Udyan
Suhrawardy Udyan
formerly known as Ramna Race Course ground is a national memorial had a lot of
history and still it’s a historic place for Bengal. It is named after Huseyn
Shaheed Suhrawardy. Originally it served as the military club of the British
soldiers stationed in Dhaka. It was then called the Ramna Race Course and later
Ramna Gymkhana. After the end of majestic rule, the place sometimes referred to
as Dhaka Race Course was used for legal horse racing on Sundays. It is the
resting place of three great national leaders, Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq,
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Khwaja Nazimuddin. Ramna Race Course was renamed
after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
The field was an
important venue for the events of 1971 liberation war. In 1969 a civic
reception was organised in honor of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 3rd
January 1971, Awami League arranged a huge public meeting. In 7 March 1971,
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic 7th March speech and virtually
declared independence by saying that “the struggle this time is the struggle
for freedom; the struggle this time is the struggle for independence”. The
place is also etched in history as it was here that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made
his historic "This time the struggle is for our freedom" speech that
inspired Bangalees to prepare for the freedom struggle. And UNESCO declared
that, 7th March speech is the best speech in all over the world.
On 26 March 1971, the
Pakistani army rolled into Dhaka University for Operation Searchlight. In 16
December 1971, the nation achieved victory when the Pakistani army surrendered
formally at there. It is now observed as the Victory Day. And in 17 March 1972,
Mammoth public meeting jointly addressed by the Indian Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi and Mujibur Rahman was another important event that took place at
Suhrawardy Udyan. The original Flag of Bangladesh was also hoisted here for the
second time. The place is currently maintained as an historic park with an
eternal flame set up in 1996 to symbolise freedom.
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