21 February is observed as 'Shaheed Day,in memory of the language martys in Bangladesh since 1952.This day is a red letter day in Bangladesh life.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah,founder of Pakistan,came over to Dhaka in 1948and announced in public that"URDU AND URDU alone shall be the state language of Pakistan".On this day in 1952,the brave sons of 'MOTHER DAY' laid down their lives to protect the interest of the Mother language day.On 21February,1952 thousands of people mostly students from Dhaka University took out a peaceful procession to violate the section 144,a rule which prohibits gathering of people in the
streets.Police opened fire on the procession in front of Dhaka Medical college and four students were instantly killed while another one on the following day.The students who got killed were BARKAT,SALAM,RAFIQ AND JABBER.After 49 years in 2000,the world community realised why 'MOTHER TONGUE WAS PRESERVED'. In this regard UNESCO has declared 21 February as 'INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY' on 17 November 1999 and next year it will be observed in 188 member countries of the UNO.History now shows that the very spirit of the language movement has the seed the glorious Liberation war in'1971'.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah,founder of Pakistan,came over to Dhaka in 1948and announced in public that"URDU AND URDU alone shall be the state language of Pakistan".On this day in 1952,the brave sons of 'MOTHER DAY' laid down their lives to protect the interest of the Mother language day.On 21February,1952 thousands of people mostly students from Dhaka University took out a peaceful procession to violate the section 144,a rule which prohibits gathering of people in the
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