Dhaka Mosaics & Murals

The first set of mosaics are from the wall along Suhrawardi Uddan Road between TSC Circle and Ramna Gate/Doyel Chattar-Dhaka 56	Dedication plaque for the Bangladeshi historic mosaic series on the Bangla Academy wall	The Bengali Language Movement protest of 21 Feb 1952 against the use of Urdu as the sole national language	Pakistani police killed several demonstrators that dayat the University of Dhaka
Riots following the outbreak of police violence against the Bengali Language Movement protesters	Central Shahid Minar, symbol of Bengali nationalism honoring the 21 Feb 1952 martyrs	DhakaJan08 030.jpg	Mosaic of the Historic Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7 March 1971
Bangladeshis up in arms against the Pakistani army in the 1971 Liberation War	Mosaic with the new flag of the Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army) during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War	Boy studying on the Bangla Academy wall mosaic	Bangladeshi woman cradling a baby on the Bangla Academy mosaic
Woman with an older child, Bangla Academy wall mosaic	Mosaic of woman making bouquets of water lilies, the national flower of Bangladesh	Mosaic on the wall of the Bangla Academy of farmers heading to the fields	The second set is from southeast corner of the Gulistan Cinema roundabout
Mosaic of Bibi Marium, the cannon that stood in the Gulistan Roundabout in the 1960s	Mosaic of the flags of Bangladesh, Dhaka-Gulistan	DhakaJan08 110.jpg	DhakaJan08 114.jpg
The third set of mosaics is from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, New Baily Road, Dhaka 53	Viqarunnisa is an all-girls school in Dhaka with 10,000 students located at four sites around Dhaka	Viqarunnisa Noon School was established in 1952	Mosaic of two women in traditional Bengali clothes carrying jugs
Mosaic of a student from Viqarunnisa Noon School using a computer	Mosaic of athletic achievment and community, Viqarunnisa Noon School	Mosaic of two women in traditional Bengali clothing, Viqarunnisa Noon School	Mosaic of younger and older students at Viqarunnisa Noon School, an all-girls school in Dhaka
Mosaic of Viqarunnisa Noon School students at play	The fourth set is from the nearby gate to State Guest House on the corner of Baily Road and Hale Road	The State Guesthouse was built for the 1958 Royal Visit to East Pakistan by QEII	I find that mosaic art has improved significantly in Bangladesh since 1958
Abstract mosaic on the wall to the Shugandha State Guesthouse, Dhaka 53	The Fountain on Bijoy Shoroni at Airport Road has a historical mosaic frieze	I hope to revisit this monument in more detail.	The next series are murals from the wall on the west side of Kazi Nazul Islam Ave between the National Museum and TSC Circle
Wall mural of a mounted swordsman wearing a turban	Wall mural of a woman with two birds, Dhaka	Wall mural of an elephant and ants, Dhaka	Wall mural of a couple, Dhaka
Wall mural of a tiger, Dhaka	Abstract wall mural, Dhaka