[mukto-mona] 21st February: INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

LANGUAGES MATTER!

 

21^st February: INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

 

 

21^st February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.

 

International Mother Language Day originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of Bangladeshi university students were killed by the then Pakistan police and army in Dhaka.

 

A student meeting on 21^st February called for a province-wide strike. But the government invoked Section 144 on 20^th February. The student community at a meeting on the morning of 21^st February agreed to continue with their protest but not to break the law of Section 144. Even then the police opened fire and killed the students.

 

International Mother Language Day is observed yearly to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Let's celebrate the day…

 

 

 

BANGLADESH SOCIETY

University of Warwick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FAYAZuddin Ahmad
Advocate
Chevening Scholar
LL.M. IDLHR
University of Warwick

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