July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum
Museum in Bangladesh
The July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum (Bengali: জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান স্মৃতি জাদুঘর) formerly known as Ganabhaban (Bengali: গণভবন, lit. 'People's House', also spelt Gonobhaban) is a museum in Bangladesh preserving the history of the July Uprising in 2024. It is located in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, north of the National Parliament House. The site previously served as the official residence of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina until the fall of her government. It was transformed into a museum on 5 August 2026.
History
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after switching from presidency to premiership following the independence of Bangladesh and founding of a parliamentary government, used to have his office at what was known as the "President's House" (later more commonly "Sugandha Bhaban" and officially "State Guest House Sugandha"), which he referred to as the "Ganabhaban", meaning "People's House", and now serves as the Foreign Service Academy office since 1996, located on Baily Road. Due to inadequate office space, following the 1973 general election, he had the Ganabhaban built at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar as his official residence and secretariat, though he never resided there. After its completion the following year, he would work there until 1975 and it would subsequently be used as a court-martial by the succeeding martial law administrations.
After 6 April 1979, the building remained abandoned until 1985 when Chief Martial Law Administrator Hussain Muhammad Ershad, on the occasion of the first SAARC summit, undertook the initiative to renovate it for the first time. Following the completion of renovation work, it was rechristened to "State Guest House Karatoa" in 1986. During his Bangladesh tour, Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi stayed at the place.
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