Fridge Magnet Shaheed Minar (Multicolored)

Fridge magnet Made of marble stone, hand finished and hand painted.

The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan. Hat Bakso made a fridge magnet about the Shaheed Minar to pay respect to the martyrs.

On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College and political activists were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding official status for their native tongue, Bengali. The massacre occurred near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A makeshift monument was erected on 23 February by students of Dhaka medical college and other educational institutions, but soon demolished on 24 February by the Pakistani police force.
The Language Movement gained momentum, and after a long struggle, Bengali gained official status in Pakistan in 1956. Since 2000, 21 February is also recognised as International Mother Language Day.
The first Shaheed Minar was built immediately after the events of 21–22 February 1952.

According to Dr. Sayeed Haider the main planner and the designer of the first Shaheed Minar, the decision to build it was first made by the students of Dhaka Medical College. Shaheed Minar is situated near Dhaka Medical College Hospital and in the Dhaka University area. It is adjacent to the Mathematics department of Dhaka University.

The planning started at midnight on 22 February, and the work started the next day. This Minar was sponsored by Pearu Sardar, one of the old Dhaka panchayet sardars, when some of the students asked his help at midnight of 22 February, to contribute the raw materials needed to build the monument. Although curfew was in place, students started building the Minar in the afternoon of 23 February. They worked through the night and finished it at dawn.

The first fridge magnets were cylindrical or solid rectangular magnets. Later, a flexible magnet was developed, composed of a high-coercively ferromagnetic compound mixed with a plastic binder. Ferrite magnets are commonly used, too, with decorative elements attached to the magnets with adhesive. Collecting magnets is a hobby.

Fridge magnets are designed to decorate refrigerator. According to the materials of logos used as promotional magnets and souvenir fridge magnets, refrigerator magnets can be made from rubber, PVC, Polynesian, metal, porcelain and mixed some of these materials. There also many souvenir shops will sell souvenir magnets with local charms printed.

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