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Showcasing glorious past of Chittagong

Arun Bikash Dey, Chittagong
An ecstatic audience roared in joy as centenarian antiBritish revolutionist Binod Bihari Chowdhury was reciting "Ei labhinu sanga tabo, sundoro he sundoro, dhanya holo ango momo, punyo holo ontoro.”
Hundreds of people greeted him with a big hand as he opened the "Chirayato Chattagram Prodarshani," (eternal Chittagong exhibition) organised by The Daily Star as part of its "Odommo Chattagram" (indomitable Chittagong) festival.
The exhibition will showcase the glorious past of Chittagong.
"Chittagong is always indomitable. Chittagong is a pioneer and will always be a pioneer," Binod Bihari said, inaugurating the seven-day programme at the MA Aziz Gymnasium.
He called on the young generation to love the country and its people.
"If you love the country and its people and work honestly for your motherland, then you will always be indomitable,” he said.
He also stressed that the youngsters be good persons. "If wealth is lost nothing is lost, if health is lost something is lost, but character lost, everything is lost," he reminded.
National Professor Nurul Islam was present as the special guest on the occasion.
Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, said in his welcome speech that The Daily Star has organised the exhibition to highlight the history and heritage ofChittagong.
He added the event would be taken to Dhaka and other parts of the country so people across the country could know Chittagong and its potentials better.
Architect Abu Syed Ahmed thanked The Daily Star for the initiative.
Shamsul Hossain, who planned and designed the entire programme, said numerous researches and studies are being done on Chittagong throughout the world at present.
The exhibition showcases the historical significance of Chittagong during five periods — pre-historic period, Harikela of the Pre-Medieval period, Chatigram-Chatigaon of the Sultanate period, Mughal Chatgaon-Islamabad period and Colonial Chittagong period.
A total of 77 photographs, an artwork depicting the lifestyle of the people of Chittagong in pre-historic period, a model of a Mughal tomb and a painting on Karnaphuli battle of 1666 between Mughals and Arakans will be on display.
Also, there will be a map on the communication system of Chittagong in Sultanate and Mughal periods.
Of the photographs on display, 18 are of various types of copper plates, vases and coins of Harikela periods; 20 are of tombs and mosques, among other things, of the Sultanate era; 25 of mosques, tombs and ruins of different structures of Mughal period and 14 are of different structures of colonial period.