Saheed Minar is a 48 m (157 ft) high pillar similar to Qutab Minar
of Delhi which was erected by public subscription in 1848, to honour Sir
David Ochter Lony, a one- time resident of Malwa & Rajputana. Formerly
known as the Ochterlony Monument, it commemorates the victory of Sir David
Ochterlony in Nepal. In 1969, it was dedicated to the memory of the martyrs
of the Indian freedom movement and has been renamed as 'Shaheed Minar'.
Saheed Minar is an important landmark of Calcutta.It is located at the
Northern end of the Maidan. Saheed Minar's peculiarity is that it has
a foundation based on the Egyptian style, a column of Syrian architecture
and a copula of Turkish design.
