Language Movement of 1952

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The Language Movement of 1952 was a historic political and cultural struggle in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) demanding recognition of Bengali as a state language, which became a key catalyst for Bengali nationalism and is commemorated annually as International Mother Language Day.

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instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
language movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bangla Bhasha Andolon ⓘ
Bengali Language Movement ⓘ
associatedWith University of Dhaka students ⓘ
political parties in East Bengal ⓘ
casualties several student demonstrators killed ⓘ
cause demand for recognition of Bengali as a state language of Pakistan ⓘ
opposition to imposition of Urdu as sole state language of Pakistan ⓘ
commemoratedOn February 21 ⓘ
commemorationName International Mother Language Day ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
endDate 1956 ⓘ
field political history of South Asia ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major mass uprising in East Pakistan against central government policies ⓘ
influenced Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 ⓘ
Bengali nationalism ⓘ
keyEvent police firing on protesters on 21 February 1952 ⓘ
student protests in Dhaka on 21 February 1952 ⓘ
keyEventDate 1952-02-21 ⓘ
legacy promotion of linguistic rights worldwide ⓘ
strengthening of Bengali cultural identity ⓘ
location Dhaka ⓘ
East Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bengal
mainDemand recognition of Bengali as a state language ⓘ
mainLanguageInvolved Bengali ⓘ
martyr Barkat ⓘ
Jabbar ⓘ
Rafiq ⓘ
Salam ⓘ
Shafiur ⓘ
linked to: Shafiur Rahman
memorial Shaheed Minar ⓘ
memorialLocation Dhaka ⓘ
observedAs Shaheed Dibosh in Bangladesh ⓘ
opposedLanguagePolicy Urdu-only state language policy ⓘ
politicalContext post-partition Pakistan language policy ⓘ
presentDayLocation Bangladesh ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
result inspiration for Bangladesh Liberation movement ⓘ
recognition of Bengali as a state language of Pakistan ⓘ
strengthening of Bengali nationalism ⓘ
slogan Rashtra bhasha Bangla chai ⓘ
startDate 1948 ⓘ
UNESCORecognitionYear 1999 ⓘ
UNESCOResolution proclaimed 21 February as International Mother Language Day ⓘ

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Language Movement in East Bengal → alsoKnownAs → Language Movement of 1952 ⓘ
Jabbar → commemoratedOn → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
International Mother Language Day → relatedTo → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
Shaheed Minar in Dhaka → observanceAssociatedWith → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
Ekushey Padak → namedAfter → Language Movement of 21 February 1952 ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
Shafiur Rahman → commemoratedOn → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
Victory Day of Bangladesh → relatedTo → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman → movement → Language Movement of 1952 ⓘ
1952 Bengali language protests → alsoKnownAs → Language Movement of 1952 ⓘ
Bangladesh Independence Day → relatedHoliday → Language Movement Day ⓘ
linked to: Language Movement of 1952