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Shahid
Buddhijibi
Graveyard
or
Martyr
Intellectuals'
Graveyard
is
the
place
were
the
the
remains
of
intellectuals
who
were
murdered
by
Pakistan
Army
and
their
collaborators
in
1971.
During
the
Liberation
War
of
Bangladesh
the
retreating
Pakistan
army,
certain
of
their
defeat,
chalked
out
a
heinous
plan
to
eliminate
the
Bengali
intelligentsia.
The
brutality
and
killing
took
a
serious
turn
especially
in
Dhaka
during
the
days
preceding
the
surrender
of
the
Pak
army,
particularly
on
14
December,
the
day
now
commemorated
as
Shaheed
Buddhijibi
Hatya
Dibash
(Martyred
Intellectuals
Day).
The
killers
used
to
abduct
and
carry
away
the
targetted
victims
from
their
houses
in
gestapo
style
to
particular
camps
or
spots
very
often
covering
their
face
with
black
cloth.
They
mostly
took
advantage
of
curfew
in
the
city
and
kidnapped
the
victims.
The
victims
were
physically
tortured,
brutaly
killed
mostly
by
indiscriminate
bayonet
charges.
The
main
spots
of
execution
in
Dhaka
city
were
the
marshy
land
at
Rayerbazar
near
Mohammadpur
and
another
at
Mirpur,
where
a
huge
number
of
dead
bodies
were
found
scattered
in
the
ditches,
plains
and
inside
the
heaps
of
bricks.
The
dead
bodies,
eyes
covered
and
hands
tied,
were
found
wounded
and
swelled
all
over
their
bodies
and
bullet
shots
on
the
chest,
head
or
back.
The
number
of
intellectuals
killed
is
estimated
as
follows:
educationists
991,
journalists
13,
physicians
49,
lawyers
42,
others
(litterateur,
artist
and
engineer)
16.
After
the
victory
over
Pakistan,
the
Bangladesh
government
turned
the
place
at
Mirpur
where
the
decomposed
bodies
of
the
martyr
intellectuals
were
found.
Now
there
is
also
have
some
monument
of
Bangladeshi
intellectual
person,
artist,
martyred
persons.
Feel
free
to
visit.
Stay
safe
and
healthy,
travel
safe
and
eat
good
food.
Thank
you
so
much
to
all.