Feni Government College Killing field
| Feni Government College Boddhobhumi Memorial | |
|---|---|
| Native name ফেনী সরকারি কলেজ বধ্যভূমি স্মৃতিসৌধ (Bengali) | |
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| Location | Feni Government College, Feni |
| Coordinates | 23°00′42″N 91°24′14″E / 23.011585°N 91.403852°E |
| Area | approx. 1.5 acres[1] |
| Architect | Vector Plinth, Chattogram[2] |
  Location in Bangladesh | |
Feni Government College Boddhobhumi (Bengali: ফেনী সরকারি কলেজ বধ্যভূমি) is a mass grave site situated in Feni Government College premise which Pakistan army along with its local collaborators used for torture and genocide during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.[3]
Background
[edit]During the Liberation War, Feni Government College was the centre for torture and killing by the Pakistani Army and the local collaborators.[3] Pro-liberation Bengalis[4] were brought and tortured and killed here afterwards. After killing, the dead bodies were buried nearby.[3]
After Feni was liberated on December 6, people had searched for their relatives and found dead bodies at the burial site.[3][4] Some of the bodies found here were killed recently. The exact number of the people killed here could not be known, while the locals speculated hundreds of Bengalis were killed here.[3][4]
Construction
[edit]In 2022, a plan to build a memorial in the site was taken and a committee was formed on this purpose. On August 30, the local member of the Parliament Nizam Uddin Hazari took the initiative and a Chattogram-based architecture farm, Vector Plinth, was given the responsibility to design the memorial.[2]
Architecture
[edit]The memorial is located in a 1.5 acres land at the southern part of the Feni Government College field.[1] It features two tall walls on the two sides shaped like a goalpost work as 'silent fence'. During the war, people were hanged to death or tortured by hanging to the goalposts in the field.[5] The wall at the background represents the gunshot wounds. Total six cylinders hanging over the memorial supported by strings from the side walls symbolise the spirit, vigilance, struggle, pain of the martyrs and the victory and glory of independence. The red-coloured stream flowing underneath represent the blood-shed in the Liberation War.[2]
Reference
[edit]- ^ a b "ফেনী কলেজ বধ্যভূমিতে নির্মিতব্য স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ পরিদর্শনে জনপ্রশাসন সচিব". banglanews24.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "ফেনীতে নির্মিত হচ্ছে দৃষ্টিনন্দন বধ্যভূমি স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ". Somoy TV (in Bengali). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "ফেনী কলেজ বধ্যভূমি". Songramer Notebook (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Biswas, Sukumar (February 2000). "Noakhali". একাত্তরের বধ্যভূমি ও গণকবর [Killing-spots and Mass-graves of Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971] (in Bengali) (3 ed.). Dhaka: Anupam Prakashani. p. 144. ISBN 984-70152-0155-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - ^ "ফেনী সরকারি কলেজ বধ্যভূমিতে নির্মিত হচ্ছে স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ". BSS. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2024.