Bhasha Smritistambha
The Bhasha Smritistambha, Language Monument), located at Deshapriya Park, Kolkata, is a memorial dedicated to the Bengali language authors and the martyrs of language movements of Dhaka and Silchar.
 Frontal view of Bhasha Smritistambha | |
| Location | Deshapriya Park, Kolkata, Paschimbanga (West Bengal), India, |
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| Designer | Subhaprasanna |
| Type | Memorial |
| Opening date | 20 February 2011 |
| Dedicated to | Bengali language authors and martyrs of Language Movements of Dhaka and Silchar. |
The monument was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, the then Railway Minister of India on 20 February 2011.[1] Amala Shankar, Dwijen Mukherjee, singer Arati Mukherjee, Indrani Sen, Anup Ghoshal, Saikat Mitra, Nirmala Mishra and writer Sirshendu Mukherjee were present at the inauguration ceremony of the "Bhasa Smritistambha".[2]
"Bhasha Smritistambha" is the second Bengali language Martyr's memorial in Kolkata after the "Bhasha Shahid Smarak", commissioned at Surendranath Park, Esplanade in 1998.[3]
References
- "Language memorial inaugurated in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- "Language memorial inaugurated in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- আজ আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস সাড়ম্বরে পালিত হচ্ছে বিশ্বের ১৮৮টি দেশে।
| History and events |  Silchar Bengali Language Martyr's Memorial | |
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