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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sculpture in Dhaka}}<br />
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| title = Moder Gorob<br />
| image = Moder Gorob (Front View).JPG<br />
| image_upright = 1.1<br />
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| caption = Moder Gorob, sculpture in [[Bangla Academy]]<br />
| artist = [[Akhil Paul]]<br />
| year = {{start date|2022}}<br />
| medium = [[Terracotta]] sculpture<br />
| subject = [[Bengali Language Movement]]<br />
| city = [[Dhaka]]<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|43|47.56|N|90|23|48.95|E|region:BD|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Moder Gorob''' or '''Our Pride''' is a sculpture situated in front of [[Bangla Academy]] building in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. It was dedicated to the memory of those killed during the [[Bengali Language Movement]] demonstrations of 1952, when protesters demanding [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as a state language of former [[Dominion of Pakistan]] were massacred by Pakistan Police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement|title=Language Movement|work=banglapedia.org|access-date=2015-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033428/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement|archive-date=2016-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Structure==<br />
There are five different metal sculptures of [[Abdus Salam (activist)|Abdus Salam]], [[Rafiq Uddin Ahmed]], [[Abdul Jabbar (activist)|Abdul Jabbar]], [[Shafiur Rahman]] and [[Abul Barkat]]. <br />
These are situated on a base. In the rear part, there is a long wall rising. There are three steps on the upper part of the wall. Both sides of the wall and other brick-made parts are ornamented by frescoes of the Language movement of 1952.<br />
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[[Image:Statue 21 February 02.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Close up view of Moder Gorob]]<br />
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==History==<br />
''Moder Gorob'' was completed and installed at a cost of 1.3 million [[Bangladeshi taka|taka]] (equivalent to US$19,000 in 2007). Telecom company [[GrameenPhone]] donated 1 million taka, the remainder came from [[Bangla Academy]] funds. The sculpture was unveiled on 1 February 2007 by [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]], Chief Adviser of the caretaker government, as part of the opening of the annual [[Ekushey Book Fair]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitu |first1=Wahida |title=''Moder Gorob'': An ornament in Ekushey Book Fair |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/02/05/d702052502124.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=5 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:মোদের গরব, সম্মুখ দৃশ্য.jpg|Moder Gorob, front view <br />
মোদের গরব, পেছনের দৃশ্য.jpg|Moder Gorob, back view <br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{commons category|Moder Gorob}}<br />
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{{Language Movement}}<br />
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[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Dhaka]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali language movement]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Dhaka]]</div>Bot