Mother Language Day

There are many historic and outstanding events, years and dates in the history of Bangladesh.The 21st February is one of them. It is a very important moment for our Bangalee nation because it is related to our mother language. We know that mother language is a divine gift. Mother language is so important that the people of any country express their thoughts, ideas, feelings, emotions etc spontaneously through this language . But it is a bad luck that the then leaders of Pakistan declared the language "Urdu" to be only state language instead of Bangla in 1948, but the people of our country didn't agree with this declaration. Our people raised their voice and protested against this unlawful declaration. That's why the agitation was spread out all over the country for making Bangla as our mother language . All the people of Bangladesh specifically the students of Dhaka Medical College were firmly determined to continue the struggle up till, the leaders of Pakistan to withdraw their decision. The 21st February in 1952 and in bangla 8e Falgun was declared as our mother language day by the agitating students . At that time the situation became tensed. The rulers of Pakistan imposed section 144 for stopping the agitation of our students including the people of all classes . But the students paid no heed about the order. They brought out a processions on the highway and started to give slogan against the heinous decision of Pakistani leaders. They claimed our demand. The Pak Armi shot at the processing indiscriminately. As a result, many heric sons of Bangladesh like Rafiq, Shafiq, Salam, Barkat and Jabbar sacrificed their glorious life for our mother language on 21st February in 1952. But the Bangalee did not step back. Rather movement was forced to recognize Bangla as one of the two state languages. For that reason the 21st February is a "Red Letter Day" in our national history and this day is also called Shaheed Didash. Now it is an "International Mother Language Day" too and it was first announced by UNSCO on 17th November in 1999. It is certainly a radiant tour de force that the immortal 21st February of the Bangalees is now being observed world wide as the "International Mother Language Day". So, it is time for us to show our best respect to those heroic sons and bow our head to remember them.