Hamidur Rahman (artist)

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Hamidur Rahman's best known work, Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located near Dhaka Medical College.
Hamidur Rahman's best known work, Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located near Dhaka Medical College.

The Shaheed Minar (Bengali: শহীদ মিনার Shohid Minar) is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952. Hamidur Rahman was a Bangladeshi artist and sculptor. He is best known as the architect of the Shaheed Minar.