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Withstanding the test of time
Storied history of Shaheed Minar at Cumilla Victoria College
The Shaheed Minar at the government college stands in defiant pride, after being demolished and rebuilt a number of times. Photo: Star
For the unassuming, Cumilla Victoria Govt College s Shaheed Minar may seem like a customary tribute to the Language Movement. That the monument itself has been a battleground between the region s people and the then East Pakistan administration is thus a history worth retelling.
It s a history that ran for quite a long time too from February 21, 1953 all the way up to 1962, and then again during the Liberation War. In this time, the site has seen quite a few iterations.