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	Language Movement Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Language Movement Day or Language Revolution Day (ভাষা আন্দোলন দিবস), which is also referred to as Language Martyrs' Day or Martyrs' Day (শহীদ দিবস), is a national day of Bangladesh to commemorate protests and sacrifices to protect Bengali as a national language during Pakistan regime in 1952.
		The day is revered in Bangladesh and, to a somewhat lesser extent, in West Bengal as the Martyrs' Day.
		Bangladeshis (then East Pakistanis) were initially agitated by a decision by Central Pakistan Government to establish Urdu, a minority language spoken only by the supposed elite class of West Pakistan, as the sole national language for all of Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Language_Martyrs'_Day (356 words)

	Bangladesh Observes Language Martyr Day
		At the first hour of the day, thousands of barefooted people streamed to Central Shaheed Minar and Azimpur cemetary to pay their tributes to the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952.
		Bangladesh proposed the day February 21 to be declared as the International Mother Language Day which was accepted by the General Conference of UNESCO in its 30th session held on February 21,1999.
		The day was observed with much enthusiasm and solemnity across the country with thousands of people paying their tributes to the martyrs by placing wreaths at the traditional “Shaheed Minars” with the playback tune of the immortal song of Ekushey—
	www.voanews.com /bangla/archive/2005-02/2005-02-21-voa2.cfm (275 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Bangladeshis observe Language Martyrs Day today to pay respect and homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 at home and abroad by placing floral wreaths at the Shihad Minar.
		February 21 was declared International Mother Language Day from a unanimous recommendation by the General Commission for the proposal presented at the Plenary Session of the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation (Unesco) General Conference on November 17, 1999.
		Bangladesh officially sent a proposal to Unesco requesting the world body adopt a resolution declaring February 21 as International Mother Language Day.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Feb06/210206/nite13.htm (162 words)

	Times of Oman
		This day is recognised as International Mother Language Day by the Unesco to protect and promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education and to pay homage to ‘language martyrs’ of Bangladesh who lost their lives on February 21, 1952.
		The programme was organised to pay tribute to the language martyrs of Bangladesh and to all the languages of the world.
		Brigadier-General Kaiser Ahmed (retd), principal; embassy officials, teachers, staff, students, parents and Bangladeshi community expressed their solemn homage to the language martyrs by laying a wreath accompanied by the song of February 21.
	www.timesofoman.com /newsdetails.asp?newsid=11553 (270 words)

	International Mother Language Day
		The decision to observe 21st February as the International Mother Language Day was unanimously taken at the 30th General Conference of the UNESCO held on November 17, 1999.
		The International Mother Language Day is not only for Bangladesh, rather it is for all speakers of all languages all over the world.
		After that, on November 17, 1999, 21st February was declared in the General Conference as the International Mother Language Day.
	www.pmo.gov.bd /21february/imld_back.htm (693 words)

	Bangladesh - Language
		The UNESCO has declared 21st February as The International Mother Language Day to be observed globally in recognition of the sacrifices of the Bangla language martyrs who laid their lives for establishing the rightful place of Bangla.
		In its resolution the UNESCO said-' 21st February be proclaimed International Mother Language Day throughout the world to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this very day in 1952’.
		for declaring the 21st February as The International Mother Language Day are
	www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/language.shtm (701 words)

	Language day celebration The University Daily Kansan
		The monument was built to commemorate the martyrs of the historic Language Movement of 1952.
		Hossain said it was important to preserve the language because he wanted to remember the four martyrs who sacrificed their lives in 1952.
		Hossain will celebrate International Mother Language Day Sunday.
	www.kansan.com /stories/2005/feb/17/news_campus_language (565 words)

	Adda: Mother Language Day:
		Bangladesh has played a pioneering role in observing the language day to honor our language martyrs 34 years ago.
		As Bangladesh has observed the language martyrs day on February 21st, do you know that the world observes International Mother Language Day on the same day as well?
		As UNESCO’s Press Release says, “International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21 February to promote the recognition and practice of the mother languages of the world, and especially those of minorities.
	addabas.blogspot.com /2006/02/mother-language-day.html (267 words)

	NTU Info Centre: Language Martyrs' Day
		Language Martyrs' Day is a day remembered in Bangladesh for the killings of protesters seeking official recognition for the Bengali language in 1952.
		Since then, February 21 has been remembered as Language Martyrs' Day in independent Bangladesh and West Bengal, as well.
		As a state of Pakistan, Urdu was the language of government in East Bengal, but the population there primarily spoke Bengali.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:Language_Martyrs'_Day (228 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 262
		He called upon the young generation to carry on the dreams of the martyrs of the Language Movement.
		This year we observe the 52nd anniversary of our Language Movement Day.
		More than half a century later, the Language movement veterans Abdul Matin and Gaziul Huque recently spoke at the Spectra Center to reminisce those sad, yet glorious days.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/02/21/d40221140181.htm (881 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Qatar
		THE Bangladesh embassy and the Bangladeshi community will tomorrow observe International Mother Language Day and â€کShaheed Dibashâ€™ (Martyrsâ€™ Day) tomorrow.
		The martyrs of the language movement, who laid the seeds for independence in 1952, inspired the nation in its transition through different stages from autonomy to freedom.
		On November 17, 1999, Unesco adopted a resolution stating that February 21 be observed as International Mother Language Day.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=73599&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 (389 words)

	Dhaka Calling - Tourist Guide, Flight, Air Fair Business Classified
		Language Movement started to establish Bangla as a state language, when leaders of Pakistan declared Urdu to be the state language.
		Eid-e-Miladunnabi : Eid-e-Miladunnabi is the birth and death day of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
		It is observed on the three full moon days of April, June and September.
	dhakacalling.com /coverstory-july.php (754 words)

	Article Page
		Ekush, our language movement day, will be celebrated with a cultural program lightened with the best dance, tobla performers and singer that can be assembled.
		The event is designed to commemorate the martyrs of historic Language Movement of 1952.
		On the 21st of February 2002, Bangladesh Student Association at St. Cloud State University is celebrating an event that is of utmost importance in the life of any Bangladeshi.
	studentorg.stcloudstate.edu /bsa/ekush.html (133 words)

	Top Story
		Nation today pays homage to the memory of the martyrs of historic language movement who laid down their lives to uphold the dignity of mother tongue, Bangla, on this day, February 21 in 1952.
		On this day in 1952, the students of Dhaka took to the streets in protest against the then Pakistani rulers' denial to give Bangla the status of a state language and impose Urdu as the only state language of Pakistan.
		One hundred and eighty-eight countries across the globe are also joining Bangladesh to observe the 21st February following UNESCO's recognition of the day as the International Mother Language Day on November 17, 1999.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/feb/21/21022006ts.htm (336 words)

	Art3530.txt
		The day coincides with the International Mother Language Day (IMLD) for which Awami League launched a three-day programme on Thursday.
		Amid heavy security arrangements, barefooted President Iajuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia placed wreaths at the Central Language Martyrs' Memorial on the Dhaka University campus in the honour of the youths who scarificed their lives for recognizing Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan.
		The language movement, after several ups and downs, eventually led to the establishment of Bangladesh as an independent state in 1971.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3530.txt (233 words)

	International Mother Language Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is mostly the international recognition of Language Martyrs' Day, which is commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952, when many Bengali-speaking people were massacred by the Pakistani police and Army in Dhaka.
		February 21 was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by the UNESCO in 2000.
		The International Mother Language Day is observed yearly in UNESCO member states and at its headquarters to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day (154 words)

	International Mother Language Day
		The Paris meet also put on record how solemnly the people of Bangladesh have been observing the day as Martyrs' Day (shaheed dibash) ever since 1952, and how the People's Republic of Bangladesh has been observing the day as a special national day since its emergence as an independent state in 1971.
		The background to the proclamation of the International Mother Language Day was a proposal from Bangladesh at the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on 17 November 1999 to declare 21 February as an international day on the ground that on this day many had sacrificed their lives for their mother tongue.
		International Mother Language Day was introduced by the UNESCO in recognition of the sanctity and preservation of all vernacular languages in the world.
	www.geocities.com /bddate/internationalmotherlanguageday.html (271 words)

	HRCBM COMMEMORATES--Martyrs Day: International Mother Language Day
		Anniversary of Shaheed Dibas (Martyrs Day), which is also popularly known as the
		On this day, 52 years ago in 1952, the youth of Dhaka protested the denial of Bengali, the language of the majority in the then Pakistan, as the national language and the imposition of Urdu as the sole official language of the country.
		What started fifty-two years ago this day as the Language Movement of the Bengalis belongs to the community of world today, the community that respects secularism, freedom and justice for all.
	hrcbmdfw.org /bk_news/mother_language_day_02212004.htm (1185 words)

	Bangladesh
		UNESCO has proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Language Day to be observed globally in recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for establishing the rightful place of Bangla.
		The genesis of the historic Language Movement which ensued since September 1947 with the students in the vanguard backed by intellectuals, cultural activists and patriotic elements was the first spurt of Bengali nationalistic upsurge culminating in the events of 1971.
		March, 1948 demanding that Bangla be made one of the state languages of Pakistan, Slogan written on the placard "Vasha o kristir gorai kuthar aghat" (striking at the root of education and culture), protesting the Pakistan government's decision to make Urdu the only state language of the country.
	www.bdpressinform.org /country.htm (3553 words)

	Free For All
		The 12 per cent of the population holding 85 per cent of the national wealth have a duty to perform for the well-being of the nation, have a duty to materialise the dreams of the martyrs, they have the sacred duty and obligation to become Bangalees first and the last.
		It was on this historic day, fifty three years ago, that the ethnic struggle for Bangala nationalism, language and literature art and culture, tradition and history begun.
		All those concerned, who are not practising usage of the Bangla language, may see to the fact that the Bangla language is put to use side by side with the English language.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/feb/18/18022005fr.htm#A4 (4391 words)

	Local News [The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)]
		"The government is fully committed to introduce, promote mother languages and encourage others to use languages of different communities in the country," he said, while addressing a programme organised to mark the Martyr& Day.
		The Bagnladesh Embassy today observed the Martyrs&; Day with a poetry symposium, in association with the Nepalbhasa Poetry Forum Lizaa, in which poets recited poems in their mother languages.
		Director general of UNESCO Koichiro Masura, in a message to International Mother Language Day, states that on International Mother Language Day, all languages are given equal recognition, for each is a unique response to the human condition and each is a living heritage we should cherish.
	www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2002/feb/feb22/local.htm (2611 words)

	Bogra YMCA Observes
		With a view to pay homage to martyrs of the language movement, they brought out a bear-foot procession at the early hours of the morning from their campus to the city monument ‘Central Shaheed Minar’.
		The Bogra YMCA observed the ‘Ekushe’ and the International Mother Language Day on 21
		Ekushe in bangla language means 21st, on the day of 21st February 1952, infringing the proclamation of prohibition, a large number of students of Dhaka University brought out a procession demanding to establish Bangla our mother tongue as the state language of the then Pakistan.
	www.bangladeshymca.org /bogra_ymca_observes_21st.htm (186 words)

	About Bangla
		A remembrance day to honor the language martyrs who sacrificed their lives on 21st February, 1952 to establish Bangla as the national language of the then East
		language movement 188 countries around the world observe this day.
		Bangla is the easternmost language of the Indo-European group of languages and finds its roots in Sanskrit.
	www.easybangla.org /AboutBangla (557 words)

	Art & Culture
		The Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, an umbrella organisation of more than one hundred theatre groups in the country, has organised two drama festivals jointly with the Bengal Foundation to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement.
		The Academy has also arranged a two-day programme to celebrate the International Mother Language Day with the officials of the foreign embassies and personalities from abroad.
		Since 1999, the day has been observed as the International Mother Language Day as announced by the UNESCO.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /080202/cult.html (1980 words)

	Sawf : Twenty-First February
		Since then, February Twenty-First continues to be celebrated to pay tribute to the martyrs of the famous Language Movement and also to renew efforts toward the cause of Arts, Culture, and Literature by over 200 million Bengalees.
		“The International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in November 1999, is being observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
		Today, this poem is being dedicated as a personal tribute to such a noble cause in the history of Bengali language.
	www.sawf.org /bin/tips.dll/gettip?user=Sawf&class=Poetry&tipid=6787&pn=Contributors&arch=0 (903 words)

	ipedia.com: February 21 Article
		Language Martyrs' Day - A day celebrated by Bengali speaking people for gaining right of mother tongue.
		There are 313 days remaining, 314 in leap years.
		February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
	www.ipedia.com /february_21.html (682 words)

	GN Online: Bangladeshis pay homage to language martyrs of 1952
		Bangladesh yesterday observed International Mother Language Day, with millions of people across the country paying homage to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement.
		On this day 51 years ago, Dhaka students took to the streets in protest at the denial of Bengali as the national language and imposition of Urdu as the sole official language of West and East Pakistan.
		With a fresh pledge to take the Bengali language and culture to a higher stage of development, people in their hundreds streamed in to place petals and wreaths at the monument on the anniversary of the great language movement which eventually culminated in the country's liberation war.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=78248 (351 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 263
		The nation yesterday observed the Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs of February 21 in 1952 to uphold the dignity of the mother language, Bangla.
		Following UNESCO's declaration of February 21 as the International Mother Language Day in 1999, 188 countries of the world now observe the day.
		The day was a public holiday and the national flag was kept half-mast.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/02/22/d5022201033.htm (499 words)

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	Bangladesh - Language
		The UNESCO has declared 21st February as The International Mother Language Day to be observed globally in recognition of the sacrifices of the Bangla language martyrs who laid their lives for establishing the rightful place of Bangla.
		In its resolution the UNESCO said-' 21st February be proclaimed International Mother Language Day throughout the world to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this very day in 1952’.
		The genesis of the historic Language Movement which ensued since September 1947 with the students in the vanguard backed by intellectuals, cultural activists and patriotic elements was the first spurt of Bangalee nationalistic upsurge culminating in the sanguinary events of February 21, 1952 and finally leading to the war of Liberation in 1971.
	www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/language.shtm (701 words)

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