Amar Ekushey, Language movement memorial at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Amar Ekushey is an outdoor sculpture on the campus of Jahangirnagar University, near Dhaka, dedicated to those who died defending the Bengali language in 1952. The work is made up of several connected structural parts that together form an abstract figure rising from the ground.

The monument was designed by architect Jahanara Parvin and unveiled on February 21, 1991, the anniversary of the day in 1952 when students were killed during protests demanding recognition of the Bengali language. That original protest is seen as a turning point that eventually led to Bengali becoming an official language.

The title "Amar Ekushey" means "My 21st" in Bengali, marking 21 February 1952, when students died protesting for Bengali to be recognized as a state language. The sculpture shows a mother cradling her dead son, with a figure shouting slogans behind her. The day is now International Mother Language Day.

The sculpture stands on the open grounds of Jahangirnagar University, which visitors can enter on foot without going through a formal entrance. The paths around it can get muddy or slippery after rain, so sturdy footwear is a good idea.

The sculpture shows a mother holding her dead son, with a figure shouting slogans behind them. It was inaugurated on 21 February 1991 by then vice-chancellor Kazi Saleh Ahmed, and stands in front of the Faculty of Social Sciences. With its pillar the figure reaches 34 feet, built from limestone, cement, black oxide, sand and modelling clay.