Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated the ‘Bangabandhu-Bapu’ digital museum in Dhaka on Friday, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of independence.This year also marks the 50 years of India and Bangladesh diplomatic ties.
Modi, along with Hasina, on his first day of the two-day visit inaugurated the museum in the evening at the Bangabandhu International Convention Center in Dhaka after his speech at the National Parade Ground where the main celebration – the Eternal Mujib – was held.
Bangabandhu’s younger daughter Sheikh Rehana was also present.
Bapu is the Father of the Nation of India – Mahatma Gandhi. Both the leaders promoted the vision of non-violence.
Earlier, the digital exhibition was jointly inaugurated in New Delhi by the Indian Prime Minister and the Bangladesh PM in December’s virtual summit.
The exhibition dedicated to the lives of the two great leaders.
This exhibition will be displayed in different locations in Bangladesh, the United Nations in New York and finally culminated in Kolkata in early 2022.
The exhibition has 21 walls of information and over 100 points of digital engagement.
Birad Rajaram Yajnik, the curator of the exhibition, was earlier quoted as saying in media: “It is a digital exhibition which speaks the language of technology. It gives out the message of the youth today of the lives of the 2 great leaders. The exhibition acts as a catalyst and you come to know interesting things about the 2 great leaders.”
Key points of interest of the exhibition are a ‘meeting wall’ that displays the only photo in the world that has both Bangabandhu and Bapu in one frame, a robotic signature of both the leaders, and the favourite music of the leaders.
Historical moments like Mahatma Gandhi’s salt march, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman speech of March 7, 1971 is another noteworthy installation, according to Indiablooms.
The pain and suffering endured by the Indians and Bangladeshi people during the brutal use of force by General Dyer in Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 and the genocide perpetrated by the Pakistani army in 1971 have been digitally shown.
The ‘genocide tunnel’ shows the depiction, the experiences of the many Bangladeshis who suffered in the hands of the Pakistani army in 1971 war of liberation.❐
