Ekushey February is a red letter day in our national life. It inspired us to achieve legal right. On 14 August, 1947 Pakistan became independent. The rulers of West Pakistan started on exploit East Pakistan from the very beginning. When Tamaddun Majlish demanded the recognition of Bengali as a state Language, the demand for the Bengali language turned into a movement.

When a proposal of Bengali language by Dhirendra Nath Dutta was rejected, on 28 February, 1948 a student strike was observed. On the 2nd March 1948 Sarba Daliya Sangram Parishad was formed. In a general strike the police beat the students with sticks in a procession and arrested several students leaders on 11 March. After the Governor General Mohammad Ali Jinnah proclaimed that Urdu and only Urdu shall be the state language of Pakistan in a public meeting on 21 March. He uttered the same in the Convocation ceremony of Dhaka University at Curzon Hall on 24 March.

The next three years 11 March was observed as the state Language Day everywhere in East Pakistan. On 9 March, 1949 East Pakistan Government formed, " East Bengal Language Committee " headed by Maulana Akram Khan. In 1949 Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan came to Dhaka. He made no comment when the students union demanded Bengali as a State Language. In 1950, Liaquat Ali Khan proclaimed in the General Assembly that Urdu shall be the state language. On 26 January 1952, Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin grieved much. On 30 January a students strike was observed. Sarba Daliya Sangram Committee decided to observe students strike on 4 February and general srrike on 21 February as 'State Language Day '. On 20 February Nurul Amin Government enforced 144, a clause, and banned processions and meetings on 21 February. The students of Dhaka University violated the Government order and advanced to the Provincial Assembly House. The students assembled at Medical College compound. The police used tear gas to make students and public stamped. Then a clash with the police started. At one stage the police shoot fires, Jabbar, Rafiq, Barkat, Salam and others were martyred and many others were wounded. Since then we observe 'Ekushey February ' as Shaheed Dibas in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement.

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