Banani graveyard, Dhaka | |
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![]() Banani graveyard | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Geographic coordinates | 23°47′56″N 90°24′13″E / 23.7990°N 90.4037°E |
The Banani graveyard (Bengali: বনানী কবরস্থান) is a cemetery in the Banani neighbourhood of Dhaka. It is one of eight state-run graveyards in Dhaka and with a capacity of around 22,000 graves it is one of the largest graveyards in that city.[1] It covers an area of approximately 10 acres of land and two to three burials take place every day.[2] Banani graveyard is the burial place of a number of notable Bangladeshis, amongst them the victims of the coup d'ètat of August 15, 1975.[3] The graveyard was established in 1973.[4]