Savar (Rana Plaza)

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Site of 2013 industrial disaster

Savar (Rana Plaza) is used as a place timeline node for connected historical events in Bengal/Bangladesh history.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Events in This Place

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1 event

2013

Rana Plaza Collapse

The Savar disaster exposed structural failures in Bangladesh's garment supply chain.

On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza in Savar collapsed, killing over a thousand people and injuring many more. The disaster triggered domestic and international scrutiny of factory safety, labor governance, and global supply-chain accountability.