At stone’s throw distance from Dhaka Sheraton Hotel is the Suharawardy Uddyan, formerly known as the Race Course, the popular park of the city. From this uddyan the clarion call for independence of Bangladesh was given by the father of the Nation

Bangubandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 7th March 1970 and curiously enough I is , again , here that the commander of the occupation forces surrendered on the 16th December 1971. Eternal Flame to enliven the memory of the martyrs of our Liberation war has been blown here recently