At that moment, construction work was going on in the Medical College and there was a huge stock of brick, cement and
sand. One of the Medical College students named Badrul Alam (Late,
Child Specialist) was asked to make a design of the temple and he
submitted it within an hour. The temple was 10" in height and 6" in
weight. Instantly a few changes were brought in the design by
another student leader (assumed to be Syed Hayder).
The work started at 23rd night by students standing one
beside one creating a1200 feet moving bridge in the cold weather of
February. The building of the temple was completed within one night.
Later while remembering the events of the night, Retd.
Cornel S.D. Ahmed said "we forgot all our pain in excitement of the
work... when we reached our room we found that we couldn't move our
fingers ....Later a picture of the Shaheed Minar was taken." Father
of Late Language Soldier, Shafiur Rahman inaugurated the temple on
24th February.
A big cloth was draped in front of the Shaheed Minar. People
started to visit the temple and give flowers to show their respect
to those who laid their lives. They also contributed money on the
cloth.
However on 25th February, armed police surrounded the Shaheed Minar
and Medical College and broke the temple on February 26th.There
ends the existence of the first temple built in respect of the Martyrs.
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