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‘Swadhinata Sangram’ sculpture still in disrepair

On Dhaka University' Fuller Road stands the “Swadhinata Sangram” (Liberation Struggle) sculpture. Created by sculptor Shamim Sikder, it once featured around 116 works. But nearly all were vandalised on 5 August last year. More than a year later, they remain unrepaired.

The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The Swadhinata Sangram sculptures on Fuller Road were vandalised on 5 August 2024. A year on, the works still lie in ruins.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Broken figures at the Swadhinata Sangram installation on Fuller Road remain untouched, with no repairs carried out even after more than a year. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Broken figures at the Swadhinata Sangram installation on Fuller Road remain untouched, with no repairs carried out even after more than a year. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ফুলার রোডে ‘স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রাম’ ভাস্কর্যে পড়ে আছে ভাঙা ভাস্কর্য। এক বছরের বেশি সময়েও সেগুলো মেরামত করা হয়নি।ছবি :মাহমুদ জামান অভি
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ফুলার রোডে ‘স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রাম’ ভাস্কর্যে পড়ে আছে ভাঙা ভাস্কর্য। এক বছরের বেশি সময়েও সেগুলো মেরামত করা হয়নি।ছবি :মাহমুদ জামান অভি
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some sculptures are missing arms, others faces. Since the busts were vandalised on Aug 5 last year, every piece in Shamim Sikder’s Swadhinata Sangram has been left in this damaged state.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The installation originally featured more than a hundred busts. After last year’s vandalism, it is no longer possible to identify many of the figures.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The installation originally featured more than a hundred busts. After last year’s vandalism, it is no longer possible to identify many of the figures.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
On Aug 5, 2024, the sculptures at the Swadhinata Sangram installation were destroyed. Today, there is no way to tell who many of them represent.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
On Aug 5, 2024, the sculptures at the Swadhinata Sangram installation were destroyed. Today, there is no way to tell who many of them represent.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This bust has been decapitated, making it impossible to recognise. It was among the works damaged during the attack on Aug 5, 2024.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This bust has been decapitated, making it impossible to recognise. It was among the works damaged during the attack on Aug 5, 2024.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This figure has lost its hands, legs and face — everything has been smashed. For over a year, the broken sculptures have remained abandoned at the installation. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This figure has lost its hands, legs and face — everything has been smashed. For over a year, the broken sculptures have remained abandoned at the installation. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
All the sculptures once stood on a concrete base. During the vandalism on Aug 5 last year, they were toppled and shattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
All the sculptures once stood on a concrete base. During the vandalism on Aug 5 last year, they were toppled and shattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
All the sculptures once stood on a concrete base. During the vandalism on Aug 5 last year, they were toppled and shattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
All the sculptures once stood on a concrete base. During the vandalism on Aug 5 last year, they were toppled and shattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Amid the greenery of the Fuller Road site lies the broken bust of Rabindranath Tagore. On Aug 5, 2024, almost all of the sculptures were vandalised in this way. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Amid the greenery of the Fuller Road site lies the broken bust of Rabindranath Tagore. On Aug 5, 2024, almost all of the sculptures were vandalised in this way. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 28 Sep 2025, 08:58 PM

Updated : 28 Sep 2025, 08:58 PM

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