• Source: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman statue destruction

    • On 5 August 2024, after the resignation of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the Student–People's uprising, a large golden statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, country's first president and Hasina's father, at the Mrityunjayee Prangan in Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka was destroyed and toppled down by the protesters. The event received global media coverage and live broadcast, wherein it came to symbolise the end of Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule and Sheikh Mujib's cult of personality in Bangladesh.


    Background


    The Mrityunjayee Prangan was inaugurated in 2023 by Sheikh Hasina. Sculptures were displayed in Victory Day parades in 2021 and 2022. The sculpture was erected under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army.
    There was a central sculpture of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in this premises. His contribution to the Bengali language movement to the Bangladesh Liberation War struggle and various incidents of the language movement and freedom struggle are highlighted in the murals of the sculpture.


    Destruction



    On the day of Sheikh Hasina's resignation, protesters climed up and vandalised the golden statue of Sheikh Mujib at the Mrityunjayee Prangan. The statue was fully demolished by the afternoon. The toppling of the statue was compared with that of Saddam Hussain's statue in Baghdad on 2003.


    See also


    2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence
    Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's cult of personality
    De-commemoration
    Stalin Monument (Budapest)#Destruction
    Saddam Hussein statue destruction


    References




    External links


    Media related to Mrityunjayee Prangan at Wikimedia Commons

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