Shapla Square

For the protest of Bangladeshi Shapla Square, see 2013 Operation at Motijheel Shapla Chattar.

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Shapla Square in Dhaka

Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily, the species Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain. [1]

The location also marks a mass grave of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.[2]

  1. ^ Images of the monument.
  2. ^ Farooque, Md. Abu Hasan (2012). "Motijheel Thana". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.