Anwarul Alam Shaheed (right) talks about photographs on display at the museum.Photo: STAR

A museum on Liberation War has opened its doors in Tangail.
Freedom Fighter and former diplomat Anwarul Alam Shaheed has recently founded the museum on the Mymensingh Road in the town. The museum contains Liberation War memorabilia, including hundreds of rare documents and photographs from that period.
Shaheed took part in all major movements in the country sine 1962. He actively participated in the Liberation War (in 1971). In the independent Bangladesh, he held several important positions. He also served as the Bangladeshi Ambassador to Bahrain and Spain. He wanted to establish a museum at his home district, Tangail, featuring documents, photographs and memorabilia from 1971. Shaheed said that the museum's collection can educate people on the real history of the war.
“I'll start a special programme at the museum for school and college students of the district,” he said. The headmasters and principals of local schools and colleges can contact the museum authority for more information on this.
Saheed said that his next plan is to install a library with a good collection of books on the war, and a gallery, at the museum.