Tripura Government Removes Memorial for 1971 Martyrs in Agartala, Faces Criticism The government has said it is building a larger war memorial at the outskirts of the city. The Martyrs Column. Photo: Author provided Urban07/Jul/2021 Agartala: The removal of the ‘Martyrs Column’ in memory of those who lost their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War, which was erected after 1971 in Agartala, has sparked off reactions from a cross-section of society in Tripura as well as Bangladesh. Every year since the column was erected, the state government and Indian Army pay floral tributes to the martyrs on January 26 and August 15. But the present-BJP led Tripura government has pulled down the column and shifted two tanks which were seized by the Indian Army during the war to a new place. The government has said it will soon begin construction of a modern sculpture where the column used to be.