{{Short description|Residential hall of Dhaka University}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox building | name = Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall | native_name = | native_name_lang = শহীদুল্লাহ হল | former_names = Dacca Hall<br />Shahidullah Hall | alternate_names = | status = In use | image = Shahidullah Hall, DU.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | location = University of Dhaka | address = | location_country = Bangladesh | coordinates = {{coord|23.725807|90.401591|display=inline,title}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = 1921 | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | architect = | landlord = | owner = University of Dhaka | cost = | floor_area = | top_floor = | floor_count = 5 | awards = | ren_awards = | parking = | embed = | embedded = | references = | pushpin_map = Bangladesh | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_relief = | altitude = | building_type = Quadrangle | architectural_style = | structural_system = | ren_cost = | client = | current_tenants = | renovation_date = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | number_of_rooms = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image_caption = Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall | pushpin_mapsize = | etymology = Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist | cancelled = | topped_out = | classification = | location_city = Dhaka | namesake = | topped_out_date = | relocated_date = | closing_date = | affiliation = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | material = | size = | grounds_area = | developer = | engineer = | known_for = | ren_engineer = | ren_contractor = | url = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall''' is one of the three founding residential halls of the University of Dhaka, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921 as '''Dacca Hall''',<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.du.ac.bd/university/HistoricalOutline |title=University of Dhaka: Historical Outline |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref> it was renamed as '''Shahidullah Hall''' for the famous linguist Muhammad Shahidullah following his death in 1969 and as Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shahidullah Hall|url=http://www.du.ac.bd/halls_of_residence/hall_details.php?bodyid=HSH|accessdate=2 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815204544/http://www.du.ac.bd/halls_of_residence/hall_details.php?bodyid=HSH|archive-date=15 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/education/22811/du-shahidullah-hall-renamed |title=DU Shahidullah Hall renamed |work= Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref>
Shahidullah is buried within the grounds.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shahidullah,_Muhammad |author= Badiuzzaman |year=2012 |chapter=Shahidullah, Muhammad |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}</ref>
{{gallery |File:Shahidulla Hall, DU .jpg|Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, three-storied main building at the west side of the pond |File:Grave of Dr. Muhammad Shahidulla .jpg|Grave of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah near the hall |File:Shahidullah Hall, DU 9.jpg|Entry gate of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall }}
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