Indira Gandhi Cultural Center
{{Short description|Cultural center in Bangladesh}}
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Center ({{langx|bn|ইন্দিরা গান্ধী সাংস্কৃতিক কেন্দ্র}}) is a cultural center in Dhanmondi Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was named after the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whose assistance to the Mukti Bahini was vital in securing Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan.
History
It was established on March 11, 2010, by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.{{cite web|url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/glitz/article492410.bdnews|title=ইন্দিরা গান্ধী সাংস্কৃতিক কেন্দ্রের বর্ষপূর্তি উদযাপন|lang=bn|date=11 March 2021|website=Bdnews24.com}} Its activities includes dance, music, art and drama. It has a library and research center and offers annual scholarship to citizens of Bangladesh.{{cite book|chapter=ইন্দিরা গান্ধী সাংস্কৃতিক কেন্দ্র|trans-chapter=Indira Gandhi Cultural Center|lang=bn|pages=59–60|title=Encyclopedia of Dhaka|last=Akhtar|first=Akhtar|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|orig-year=2012|year=2016|place=Dhaka|isbn=9789845120197}} {{As of|2016}}, Jayashree Kundu is the director.{{cite web|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/lifestyle/86071/ছয়-বছরে-'ইন্দিরা-গান্ধী-সাংস্কৃতিক-কেন্দ্র'|title=ছয় বছরে 'ইন্দিরা গান্ধী সাংস্কৃতিক কেন্দ্র'|lang=bn|date=12 March 2016|website=Bangla Tribune}} On 4 March 2021, its branch in Gulshan Thana, Dhaka was inaugurated.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/national/news/560105|title=ইন্দিরা গান্ধী সাংস্কৃতিক কেন্দ্রের গুলশান শাখার উদ্বোধন|lang=bn|date=5 March 2021|newspaper=Janakantha}}
The center was vandalized on 5 August 2024 after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country.{{cite news|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/news/bangladesh-news-bangladesh-violence-bangladesh-chaos-protesters-attack-indira-gandhi-cultural-centre-bangabandhu-memorial-museum-1087253|title=Bangladesh Violence: অশান্ত বাংলাদেশ, ভাঙচুর ইন্দিরা গান্ধী কালচারাল সেন্টার, বঙ্গবন্ধু মেমোরিয়াল মিউজিয়ামে|lang=bn|date=5 August 2024|newspaper=ABP News}}
References
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Category:Organisations based in Dhaka
Category:Cultural organisations based in Bangladesh
Category:Bangladesh–India cultural relations
Category:Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi
Category:Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Category:2010 establishments in Bangladesh
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