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{{Infobox park
| name = Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Udyan
| native_name = ভারত-বাংলা মুক্তি মৈত্রী পার্ক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = INDIA AND BANGLADESH MAITREE UDDAN.jpg
| location = [[Chottakhola]], India
| status = Complete
| opened = 11 November 2010
| coordinates = {{coord|23|07|2.9|N|91|22|37.2|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = Park built at Chottakhola as a tribute to the Bangladeshi Freedom
Fighters and Indian soldiers
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}}
[[File:Gonohotta_1971.jpg|thumb|261x261px|"[[Gonohotta 1971]]" by [[Hashem Khan (artist)|Hashem Khan]] and collaboration with [[Mahmudul Hasan Shohag]]]]
[[File:Bijoy_1971_Sculpture.jpg|thumb|270x270px|"[[Bijoy 1971 (sculpture)|Bijoy 1971]]" by [[Mahmudul Hasan Shohag]]]]
[[File:Bharat-bangladesh-maitri_(1).jpg|thumb|263x263px|Statue of [[Indira Gandhi]]]]
[[File:Bharat-bangladesh-maitri.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Statue of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]]]
[[File:Bharat-bangladesh-maitri (2).jpg|thumb|261x261px|Terracotta in Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Udyan]]
'''Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Udyan''' ({{lang-bn|ভারত-বাংলা মুক্তি মৈত্রী পার্ক|lit=India-Bangladesh Friendship Park}}) in Chottakhola was one of the base camps of [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] Freedom Fighters from where they launched [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla warfare against]] the [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] army in [[Chittagong]], [[Comilla]] and greater [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Park to be opened in Tripura on Vijay Diwas|url=http://www.uniindia.com/indo-bangladesh-friendship-park-to-be-opened-in-tripura-on-vijay-diwas/states/news/1069037.html|work=UNI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Renowned artists from Tripura and Bangladesh join hands to build a war memorial|url=https://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/2451/war-memorial.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.theweekendleader.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-12-04|title=Chottakhola Maitree Udyan to be inaugurated on Bangladesh Victory Day|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/12/04/chottakhola-bangladesh-victory-day|access-date=2021-07-17|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

== Location ==
Located near the international border, the Maitri Udyan is a park built at Chottakhola as a tribute to the [[Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust|Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters]] and [[Indian Army|Indian soldiers]], who sacrificed their lives during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War]]. A war museum, hillocks, verdant valleys, lakes, plants, sculptures, graveyards of [[Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust|Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters]] with various other elements, this is not just a park but much more than that.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-10|title=Bangladesh PM likely to iugurate memorial park in Tripura - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/bangladesh-pm-likely-to-iugurate-memorial-park-in-tripura/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The memorial park was a long cherished demand of [[Tripura]] people as they were actively involved in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War.]] They provided all-out support to Freedom Fighters and sheltered around 1.6 million people, a number exceeding the then population of the state. Chottakhola, 130 kilometres from [[Tripura|Tripura's]] capital [[Agartala]], had functioned as one of the 11 warfront-camps in [[Tripura]] in [[1971 Bangladesh genocide|1971]]. The beautiful location comprises seven hillocks partly separated by a natural lake over 20 hectares of land. It saw intense activities during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War]] and still bears its memorabilia in the form of remnants of a number of [[bunker]]s and trenches built on it in [[1971 Bangladesh genocide|1971]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=চোত্তাখোলা ভারত-বাংলাদেশ মৈত্রী উদ্যান বন্ধুত্বের নতুন ঠিকানা|url=https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/details/article/160378/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE/|access-date=2021-07-17|work=Janakantha|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A memorial to celebrate the Bangladesh Liberation War|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/headlines/a-memorial-to-celebrate-the-bangladesh-liberation-war|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>

== Inauguration ==
Former Tripura Chief Minister [[Manik Sarkar]] inaugurated the memorial and park in the presence of Indian and Bangladeshi artists, intellectuals and freedom fighters on December 16, the [[Victory day of Bangladesh|Victory Day of Bangladesh]]. The then Bangladesh's Education Minister [[Dipu Moni]] laid the foundation stone of the park on 11 November 2010.

== Statues ==
* Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]
* Founder of Bangladesh- [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
* [[Bijoy 1971 (sculpture)|Bijoy 1971]]
* [[Gonohotta 1971 (sculpture)|Gonohotta 1971]]
* Terracotta

== Artists and sculptors ==
Renowned artists from Tripura and Bangladesh are part of the project with their creations - from statues to paintings -that added to the memorial's attraction.

=== Bangladeshi artists and sculptors ===

* [[Hashem Khan (artist)|Hashem Khan]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=ত্রিপুরার চোত্তাখোলা উদ্যান আমাদের যুদ্ধকালের ঠিকানা|url=https://www.risingbd.com/feature/news/224963|access-date=2021-07-17|work=Risingbd.com|language=bn}}</ref>
* [[Mahmudul Hasan Shohag]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-04-08|title=ভারত বাংলাদেশ মৈত্রী উদ্যান একটি মহৎ উদ্যোগ|language=bn|work=Amar Sangbad|url=https://www.amarsangbad.com/column/16628/|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=রায়চৌধুরী|first=বাপি|title=মুক্তিযুদ্ধের স্মৃতিতে সাজছে চোত্তাখোলা|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/india/moitree-udyan-at-tripura-to-treasure-war-history-1.476222|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref>
* [[Shyamal Chowdhury]]
* [[Tejosh Halder Josh]]
depicted sculptures for the park.

The memorial park would help successive generations of Bangladesh learn the history of their hard-won independence and how the two friendly neighbours joined forces to bring about the country's [[Bangladesh Liberation War|liberation]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=ঈদের ছুটিতে ঘুরে আসুন ত্রিপুরা|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/travel/news/292681|access-date=2021-07-17|work=Jago News 24|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Quader, Shringla visit Feni bridge|url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/130987|access-date=2021-07-17 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Mahmudul Hasan Shohag}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bharat-Bangladesh Maitree Udyan}}
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in India]]
[[Category:Architecture in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Modernist architecture]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tripura]]
[[Category:Sculptures by Mahmudul Hasan Shohag]]
[[Category:South Tripura district]]

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