Jalladkhana Killing field

Jalladkhana Killing Field (Bengali:জল্লাদখানা বধ্যভূমি) is located in Avenue 1, Mirpur, Dhaka. It is a mass grave from the Bangladesh Liberation war. During the war, muhajir people mostly supported the Pakistani army The muhajir population were in a large number in Mirpur during that time, as a result they have killed a large number of people from Mirpur.

Events

Jallad khana killing field was mainly a pump house. In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation war was started atrocities were committed against the Bengali population.[1][2]

The Pakistani army, Muhajir people, and their local supporters started killing people after the outbreak of war. They forcefully gathered the people of Mirpur area in the pump house and killed them. It was also used to dump dead bodies of people killed in other places of Mirpur. Then their bodies were thrown into the well of the pump house. In 1999, an excavation was done in that place.[3][4]

Plaque at Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial Site

Present condition

In 1999, Bangladesh Army carried out excavation of the Jalladkhana killing field. They had recovered 70 intact skulls 5,392 bone fragments. Jalladkhana Killing field has been converted to a museum with open access. The museum was established on 21 June 2007.[3] This is one the few mass graves that are well preserved but most mass graves from Bangladesh Liberation war are not. Many have had buildings or roads constructed on top of them.[5]

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References
  1. Kalam, Zaid. "Killing fields of 1971: Our grief, our strength". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "When the Black Night fell, 46 years ago". The Hindu. 2017-03-26. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. "Mirpur's Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial in photos". The Daily Star. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. "Liberation War Memorials". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. "Genocide Day: Hundreds of mass graves lie unmarked or have been constructed over". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2020-06-03.


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