Hamidur Rahman

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- Name
- Hamidur Rahman
- Born
- 1928
- Birthplace
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Died
- 19 November 1988
- Nationality
- Bangladesh · British Raj · Pakistan
- Occupation
- sculptor
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• Name — Hamidur Rahman • Native Name — হামিদুর রহমান • Born — 1928 • Birthplace — Dhaka, Bangladesh • Died — 19 November 1988 • Relatives — * Nazir Ahmed (brother) • Sayeed Ahmed (brother) Hamidur Rahman (1928 – 19 November 1988) was a Bangladeshi artist and sculptor. He is best known as the architect of the Shaheed Minar, a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952. • Illustration — Rahman's notable work, Shaheed Minar, located near Dhaka Medical College.
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• Illustration — oil painting (c. 1980) by Hamidur Rahman • Illustration — A mural painted by Novera and Rahman • Illustration — Original plan and model of Shaheed Minar, 1956
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Death
• Illustration — Grave and epitaph of Rahman at Azimpur graveyard, Dhaka Hamidur Rahman died on 19 November 1988, in Montreal, Canada.
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Hamidur Rahman is recorded as sculptor.

This oil painting (c. 1980) by Hamidur Rahman belongs to the Collection L. C. Vinholes, one of the seven collections of the museum of arts Leopoldo Gotuso of the Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
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1928
Hamidur Rahman born at Dhaka.
1988
Hamidur Rahman died.
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