সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যান Suhrawardy Udyan TSC 5.84

Suhrawardy Udyan (সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যান)
-formerly: Ramna Race Course ground
-a national memorial beside Shahbag and TSC in Dhaka
-named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
-originally the military club of the British soldiers stationed in Dhaka
-later Ramna Gymkhana
-used for legal horse racing on Sundays
The Resting place of 3 great national leaders:
-Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq (1873–1962)
-Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963)
-Khwaja Nazimuddin(1894–1964)
-renamed after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
-A Mughal structure namely the Dhaka Gate was built adjacent to the park area—built by Mir Jumla II in 1660s
…
Liberation war events: (taken from Wikipedia)
1969: A civic reception was organised at the Ramna Racecourse in honour of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his release from jail and he was accorded the title Bangabandhu in the reception.
3 January 1971: Awami League arranged a huge public meeting at Ramna Racecourse ground and all the elected members of the National Assembly, in which the party owned majority, publicly took oath of not betraying the cause of the Bengali people under any circumstances.
7 March 1971: At a mammoth gathering, Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic 7th March speech and virtually declared independence by saying that "the struggle this time is the struggle for freedom; the struggle this time is the struggle for independence."
26 March 1971: The Pakistani army rolled into Dhaka University for Operation Jackpot.
16 December 1971: The nation achieved victory when the Pakistani army surrendered formally at the Ramna (Suhrawardy Uddyan). It is now observed as the Victory Day.
17 March 1972: Mammoth public meeting jointly addressed by the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Mujibur Rahman was another important event that took place at Suhrawardy Uddyan.
The place is also etched in history as it was here that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made his historic "This time the struggle is for our freedom" speech that inspired Bengalis to prepare for the freedom struggle. The original Flag of Bangladesh was also hoisted here for the second time since it was first unfurled at the University of Dhaka and the first time it was flown at such a large public gathering in Bangladesh. It was also the site of the centuries-old Ramna Kali Mandir, a Hindu temple and Dhaka landmark that was razed to the ground by the Pakistan Army on 27 March 1971 in a massacre that led to the death of over 100 people.
Incidentally it became the setting for the surrender of Pakistan Army under Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi on 16 December 1971 after their defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War to the allied forces of Mitro Bahini led by Jagjit Singh Aurora. Theinstrument of surrender was signed at this place and the date is celebrated by Bangladeshis as Victory Day. The place is currently maintained as historic park with an eternal flame set up in 1996 to symbolise freedom.

Formerly known as Ramna Race Course ground; a national memorial beside Shahbag and TSC; named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy; originally the military club
-later Ramna Gymkhana
-used for legal horse racing on Sundays