National Shishu Park (Dhaka)

Bangladesh / Dhaka / Dhaka / Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000
Shishu Park is the only public sector children's amusement park in Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Established in 1979 on 15-acre (61,000 m2) of land, it is the first children's amusement park in Bangladesh.The Children’s (Shishu) Park in Ramna,curved out of northern portion of Sohrawardy Uddyan (formerly Ramna Race course), and on the south of BIRDEM and Dhaka Club, was built and inaugurated in 1979 as the first park in a planned manner to provide amusement to the children. The park has ferris wheel, mini train, trampoline, merry-go-round, skating rink, several other joy rides and over dozens of food courts for fun and entertainment. The train is always a crowd puller. The fighter plane near the hill was a gift from Bangladesh Air Force in late 90's. It has all its dials and switches in place, and in their 3 minute tour of the cockpit, the kids can operate the tail that sways from side to side.........
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishu_Park
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Coordinates:   23°44'12"N   90°23'52"E

Comments

  • Lots of child hood memories of mine are related to this place. Today I am outside of Dhaka, but dhaka will still remain in my blood till my death. "Bangladesh amar matri bhoomi, Tomay ami konodin bhulte parbo na."
  • i am also of this village
  • goood filling
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