A racecourse of the British times, it has now been converted into a park. It was the place where independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Raman delivered a historic oath of independence speech before the 1971 War, and where the Pakistani army surrendered a few months later. The ''Shadhinota Stambha'' monument, a 50 meter high tower of light composed of stacked glass panel, has been erected here. The Museum of Independence, an underground museum of Bangladesh independence, is located below the tower. Suhrawardi Uddyan also houses the eternal flame to mark its significance.