User:Meghmollar2017/sandbox/Feni Government College Killing field
| Feni Government College Boddhobhumi Memorial | |
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| Native name Bengali: ফেনী সরকারি কলেজ বধ্যভূমি স্মৃতিসৌধ | |
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| Location | Feni Government College, Feni |
| Coordinates | 23°00′42″N 91°24′14″E / 23.011585°N 91.403852°E |
  Location in Bangladesh | |
Feni Government College Boddhobhumi (Bengali: ফেনী সরকারি কলেজ বধ্যভূমি) is a mass grave site situated in Feni Government College premise which Pakistan army along with its local collaborators used for torture and genocide during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]
Background
editDuring the Liberation War, Feni Government College was the centre for torture and killing by the Pakistani Army and the local collaborators.[1] Pro-liberation Bengalis[2] were brought and tortured and killed here afterwards. After killing, the dead bodies were buried nearby.[1]
After Feni was liberated on December 6, people had searched for their relatives and found dead bodies at the burial site.[1][2] Some of the bodies found here were killed recently. The exact number of the people killed here could not be known, while the locals speculated hundreds of Bengalis were killed here.[1][2]
Reference
edit- ^ a b c d e "ফেনী কলেজ বধ্যভূমি". Songramer Notebook (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Biswas, Sukumar (February 2000). "Noakhali". একাত্তরের বধ্যভূমি ও গণকবর [Killing-spots and Mass-graves of Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971] (in Bengali) (3 ed.). Dhaka: Anupam Prakashani. p. 144. ISBN 984-70152-0155-5.
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