The Water Tank area in Tangail town, one of the main mass-killing grounds during the Liberation War in 1971, is finally getting due recognition after over 50 years of the country’s independence.
The land surrounding the water tank behind the Tangail Circuit House was turned into a killing field by the Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971.
Tangail to get Liberation War Memorial Centre in Mujib Year
This memorial plaque of Liberation War martyrs was constructed in Zila Sadar Panir Tank area in Tangail town in 2017. Photo: Star Our Correspondent, Tangail Our Correspondent, Tangail
People in Tangail are going to get Bangabandhu and Liberation War Memorial Centre near the Badhyabhumi (mass killing ground) in the town on the occasion of Mujib Year.
Walton Group of Industries is set to build the war memorial centre. Earlier, the district administration proposed vice chairman SM Nurul Alam Rezvy of the group to construct the centre. Rezvy hails from Tangail.
With the construction of the war memorial centre, the long-cherished demand of Tangail people is going to be fulfilled.