Ekushey Book Fair
Contents:
* Introduction 2 * History * History of Ekushey 2 * History of Ekushey book fair 3 * Importance of the fair 4 * Description of the fair * Structure 5 * Contributors 5 * Visitors 6 * Books 7 * Problems of the fair 8 * Conclusion 9 * References 10
Introduction:
Ekushey Book Fair is now a popular festival in the life of Bangladeshi people. It is held only once in a year. Ekushey Book Fair or Amor Ekushey Grontho Mela (Book Fair of the Immortal 21st), commonly known as Ekushey Boi Mela (Book Fair of the 21st), is the national book fair of Bangladesh. It takes place over the entire month of February every year, and is devoted to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in a demonstration calling for recognition of Bengali as one of the state languages of Pakistan.
Despite the fact that Ekushey Book Fair began simply as a book fair, it has evolved into a great event, enlightening the spirit of the contemporary Bengali nation.
History:
History of Ekushey:
February 21 has been a day of national mourning, pride, reflection and action. It is also Language Martyr's Day. It was fifty-nine years ago on this day that Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar, Shafiur and Salam sacrificed their precious young lives for the honor and preservation of our mother language, Bangla.
In 1954, the United Front government of Abu Hussain Sarker declared a public holiday for this day.
At the initiative of the then Bangladesh government, on November 17, 1999, the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) adopted February 21 as International Mother Language Day, and observed February 21, 2000 as International Mother Language Day for the first time.
The immediate starting point of the tragedy of February 21 was on January 27, 1952, when the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Nazimuddin announced at a public
* Introduction 2 * History * History of Ekushey 2 * History of Ekushey book fair 3 * Importance of the fair 4 * Description of the fair * Structure 5 * Contributors 5 * Visitors 6 * Books 7 * Problems of the fair 8 * Conclusion 9 * References 10
Introduction:
Ekushey Book Fair is now a popular festival in the life of Bangladeshi people. It is held only once in a year. Ekushey Book Fair or Amor Ekushey Grontho Mela (Book Fair of the Immortal 21st), commonly known as Ekushey Boi Mela (Book Fair of the 21st), is the national book fair of Bangladesh. It takes place over the entire month of February every year, and is devoted to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in a demonstration calling for recognition of Bengali as one of the state languages of Pakistan.
Despite the fact that Ekushey Book Fair began simply as a book fair, it has evolved into a great event, enlightening the spirit of the contemporary Bengali nation.
History:
History of Ekushey:
February 21 has been a day of national mourning, pride, reflection and action. It is also Language Martyr's Day. It was fifty-nine years ago on this day that Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar, Shafiur and Salam sacrificed their precious young lives for the honor and preservation of our mother language, Bangla.
In 1954, the United Front government of Abu Hussain Sarker declared a public holiday for this day.
At the initiative of the then Bangladesh government, on November 17, 1999, the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) adopted February 21 as International Mother Language Day, and observed February 21, 2000 as International Mother Language Day for the first time.
The immediate starting point of the tragedy of February 21 was on January 27, 1952, when the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Nazimuddin announced at a public