Bangladesh Awami League politician. The first Railway Minister of Bangladesh.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Suranjit Sengupta
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman bust
We cannot discover the name of the sculptor, unless that is Fuhad Ahmed Farah...
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Born at 24 Grosvenor Square. Promoted many reform causes, connected with factories, children, mental illness, housing. Also supported the restoration of the Holy Land to the Jews. President of the ...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
Sir William J. Lancaster
Philanthropist. Born Norfolk. Prominent Putney resident, co-founder of the Putney School of Art 1883, Mayor of Wandsworth 1901-2, and churchwarden of St Mary's for 30 years. Aged 17 joined the P...
Takeshi Araki
Politician. A survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. He was mayor of the city from 1975 to 1991. Every year on the anniversary of the bombing, he made appeals to the world to ban nuclear weapons. I...
Peter of Savoy
Ninth Earl of Savoy and first earl of Richmond. Uncle to Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's wife. Henry gave him the land on which, in 1263, he built the Savoy Palace.
Andrew Jackson
USA President 1829 - 1837. Officially recognised Texas as an independent republic on 3 March 1837 by appointing an ambassador.
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District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway
Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...
Francis Knibbs
Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Francis Knibbs was born in 1875 in Bermondsey, Southwark, the only child of Francis Edward Knibbs and Amelia Knibbs, née Potts. His father was a ...
Entrance to the Rotherhithe Tunnel - south
SE16, Rotherhithe Tunnel entrance
Opened on the same day as the twin arch on the north side of the river. Presumably the dignitaries rode through the tunnel with bands pla...
Sir Isaac Newton
Born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Christmas day, according to the calendar in use at the time. Died in Kensington (where he had gone in search of country air). The exact dates of birth and dea...
Palace Theatre - SWET
W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, 109
{Above a stylized picture of two performers:} Palace Theatre Built for Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1891 by T E Colcutt and known as the 'Roya...
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