Oporajeo Bangla Sculpture (Dhaka)

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Aparajeyo Bangla (Bangla: অপরাজেয় বাংলা) is one of the most well known sculpture dedicated to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It is the reflection of the student movements that helped shape a political culture of dissent that culminated into movements and lastly resulted in the freedom struggle. The Dhaka University Students' Union, DCSU and the University authority joined hands to give the spirit of liberation a physical and symbolic shape. The sculpture now stands at 17 and half feet in concrete structure, including the height of the base. Syed Abdullah Khalid, the sculptor who built the first national monument argues, “There are monuments recognized and built by the government, and there are monuments that are build by the people, mine is of the second kind.” It is located in the campus of Dhaka University, just in front to the Arts Building. In Bangla, the phrase means "Unvanquished Bengal".