| Banani graveyard | |
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 Banani graveyard | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1973 |
| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°47′56″N 90°24′13″E / 23.7990°N 90.4037°E |
| Type | Islamic |
| Owned by | Dhaka North City Corporation |
| Size | 10 acres |
| No. of graves | 22,000 |
The Banani graveyard (Bengali: বনানী কবরস্থান) is a cemetery in the Banani neighbourhood of Dhaka. It is one of eight state-run graveyards in Dhaka and, with a capacity for around 22,000 graves, one of the largest graveyards in that city.[1] It covers approximately 10 acres and two to three burials take place every day.[2] Banani graveyard is the resting place for a number of notable Bangladeshis, amongst them the victims of the coup d'ètat of August 15, 1975.[3] The graveyard was established in 1973.[4]
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- ^ "Dhaka's biggest graveyard by Dec". The Daily Star. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Jubo League pays tribute to Bangabandhu". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ Quamruzzaman, Amm (2009-04-29). "Graveyards and Urbanization: The Case of Dhaka City". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1414122.