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Mukti Maitre

মিরপুর, Italy

Mukti Maitree (Bengali: মুক্তি মৈত্রী) is a sculpture located at Chorhash intersection in Kushtia. It is also known as Mukti Mitra (Bengali: মুক্তি মিত্র). On December 10, 1971, many soldiers of Mitro Bahini were killed during a battle with Pakistani troops. The next day on December 11, the Pakistan

i army was defeated by a counter-attack of Mitro Bahini and Kushtia was captured. A memorial was initiated in 1990 to preserve this memory. It is the first monument in the country to commemorate the members of the Mitro Bahini in Bangladesh.

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