Language Movement
Language Movement
Even before the creation of Pakistan, there was a demand to make Bangla the national language. Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah defends Bangla as the state language on 29th July, 1947.
On September 2, 1947 some students of the University of Dhaka formed “Tomaddun Mojlish”, a cultural organization. Tamuddun Majlish in a booklet titled State Language of Pakistan: Bengali or Urdu? demands Bengali as one of the state language of Pakistan. In November 1947 Karachi, at Pakistan Educational Conference Fazlur Rahman, a Bengali, oppose Urdu as the only national language. On February 23, 1948, Direndra Nath Dutta moves a resolution in the first session of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly for recognizing Bengali as a state language along with Urdu and English. However, in 1948 on 19th March, Pakistan’s Governor General Mohammad Ali Jinnah, claimed at a gathering of students of Dhaka University that Urdu should be the only state language of Pakistan, ignoring the fact that Bangla is the mother tongue of 56% of the people of Pakistan.
Meanwhile in 1950, students formed the “Bangla State Language Action Committee” and worked tirelessly to make Bangla one of the state languages of Pakistan. On 27th January, 1952, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Nazimuddin announced that Urdu alone should be the state language of Pakistan. The students were infuriated at the announcement because he signed an agreement with the leaders of ‘Rashtrabhasa Sangram Parishad with a commitment to adopt a resolution of having Bangla as the other state language of Pakistan by the provincial Assembly.
February 20, 1952, at 6 p.m. an order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code prohibiting processions and meetings in Dhaka City is promulgated. It may be mentioned that subsequently students of the Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College took a robust role in the cause of the Language Movement and took a crucial decision and defied the wishes of politicians to violate
Even before the creation of Pakistan, there was a demand to make Bangla the national language. Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah defends Bangla as the state language on 29th July, 1947.
On September 2, 1947 some students of the University of Dhaka formed “Tomaddun Mojlish”, a cultural organization. Tamuddun Majlish in a booklet titled State Language of Pakistan: Bengali or Urdu? demands Bengali as one of the state language of Pakistan. In November 1947 Karachi, at Pakistan Educational Conference Fazlur Rahman, a Bengali, oppose Urdu as the only national language. On February 23, 1948, Direndra Nath Dutta moves a resolution in the first session of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly for recognizing Bengali as a state language along with Urdu and English. However, in 1948 on 19th March, Pakistan’s Governor General Mohammad Ali Jinnah, claimed at a gathering of students of Dhaka University that Urdu should be the only state language of Pakistan, ignoring the fact that Bangla is the mother tongue of 56% of the people of Pakistan.
Meanwhile in 1950, students formed the “Bangla State Language Action Committee” and worked tirelessly to make Bangla one of the state languages of Pakistan. On 27th January, 1952, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Nazimuddin announced that Urdu alone should be the state language of Pakistan. The students were infuriated at the announcement because he signed an agreement with the leaders of ‘Rashtrabhasa Sangram Parishad with a commitment to adopt a resolution of having Bangla as the other state language of Pakistan by the provincial Assembly.
February 20, 1952, at 6 p.m. an order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code prohibiting processions and meetings in Dhaka City is promulgated. It may be mentioned that subsequently students of the Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College took a robust role in the cause of the Language Movement and took a crucial decision and defied the wishes of politicians to violate