21 February is the mother
language day of BANGLADESH. It is also known as international mother language
day .International Mother Language Day is an observance held annually
on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural
diversity and multilingualism It was
first announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally
recognized by theUnited Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of
Languages.Here are some beautiful picture of 21 February.
HISTORY
On 21 March 1948, Mohammed Ali
Jinnah, the Governor general of Pakistan, declared that Urdu would be the only official
language for both West and East
Pakistan. The people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), having mother language Bangla, started to protest against this. On 21 February 1952,
(8th Falgun 1358 in the Bangla
calendar), students in the present day capital city
of Dhaka called for a provincial strike. The government invoked a
limited curfew to prevent this and the protests were tamed down so as to not
break the curfew. The Pakistani police fired on the students despite these
peaceful protests and a number of students were killed. Four of them were Abdus Salam, Rafiq
Uddin Ahmed, Abul
Barkat andAbdul
Jabbar.
Here are some picture of 21 February of 1952.
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