Withstanding the test of time
Withstanding the test of time Storied history of Shaheed Minar at Cumilla Victoria College The Shaheed Minar at the government college stands in defiant pride, after being demolished and rebuilt a number of times. Photo: Star For the unassuming, Cumilla Victoria Govt College's Shaheed Minar may seem like a customary tribute to the Language Movement. That the monument itself has been a battleground between the region's people and the then East Pakistan administration is thus a history worth retelling. It's a history that ran for quite a long time too -- from February 21, 1953 all the way up to...
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