Bangladeshi memorial in Alexandra Park

The Suffolk Bangladeshi Society and Mayor Glenn Chisholm unveiled a Shaheed Minar (Martyr) memorial in Alexandra Park on International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2016, marking the day in 1952 when Pakistani troops opened fire on scholars in Dhaka who had been challenging the right to use their local Bengali language.

Individuals of the Bangladeshi group were joined by civic leaders in Alexandra Park, Ipswich to celebrate the brand new memorial to their fight for independence and their cultural identity. The memorial, a reproduction of that erected in Dhaka, was designed by Ipswich-based architect Nick Jacob and was made in Manningtree.