Dhaka Central Jail

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Site of the 1975 Jail Killing

Dhaka Central Jail is used as a place timeline node for the 3 November 1975 Jail Killing and post-coup state violence.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Events in This Place

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1 event

3 November 1975

Jail Killing

Assassination of national leaders inside prison during regime crisis.

During the post-August 1975 crisis, four national leaders of Bangladesh were assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail, deepening institutional breakdown and political fear.