Banani graveyard
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| Banani graveyard, Dhaka | |
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 Banani graveyard | |
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| Affiliation | Islam |
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| Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
The Banani graveyard (Bengali: বনানী কবরস্থান) is a cemetery in the Banani neighbourhood of Dhaka. It is one of eight state-run graveyards in Dhaka and with a capacity of around 22.000 graves it is one of the largest graveyards in that city.[1] It covers an area of approximately 10 acres of land and two to three burials take place every day.[2] Banani graveyard is the burial place of a number of notable Bangladeshis, amongst them the victims of the coup d'ètat of August 15, 1975.[3] The graveyard was established in 1973.[4]
Notable interments
A
- Fazle Hasan Abed
- Oli Ahad
- Gazi Shahabuddin Ahmed
- Iajuddin Ahmed
- Tazin Ahmed
- Farid Ali (actor)
- M Innas Ali
- Zubaida Gulshan Ara
- Abdus Samad Azad
B
- Nazmul Huda Bachchu
- Anjuman Ara Begum
- Anwara Begum (academic)
- Firoza Begum (singer)
- Abdur Rahman Biswas
- Murtaja Baseer
C
- Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury
- Amin Ahmed Chowdhury
- Mainur Reza Chowdhury
- Abu Osman Chowdhury
- Najma Chowdhury
D
E
G
H
I
J
K
- Zohra Begum Kazi
- A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan
- Abdul Monem Khan
- M. Hasan Ali Khan
- Mahbub Ali Khan
- Shah A M S Kibria
- KS Firoz
M
- M. A. Mannan (neurologist)
- Baby Maudud
- Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah
- Khalid Mahmood Mithu
- Mohammad Mohammadullah
- Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
- Mishuk Munier
R
- Arafat Rahman
- Hosne Ara Rahman
- Ivy Rahman
- Latifur Rahman
- Shamsur Rahman (poet)
- Zillur Rahman
- Shahnaz Rahmatullah
- Abdur Razzak (actor)
S
- Saifuddin Ahmed
- Abdur Rab Serniabat
- Fazal Shahabuddin
- Sheikh Russel
- Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri
- Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharafuddin
T
Gallery
References
- ^ "Why Dhaka falling short of graveyards? | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Dhaka's biggest graveyard by Dec". The Daily Star. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Jubo League pays tribute to Bangabandhu". Jubo League pays tribute to Bangabandhu | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ Quamruzzaman, Amm (2009-04-29). "Graveyards and Urbanization: The Case of Dhaka City". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1414122.