Introduction:
Every nation has some achievements that they can take pride.Our language day is
our national event and achievement.But the matter of pride for us is that this
national event has crossed our national boundary and become universalized.The International
Mother Language Day is the recognition of our language movement and the heroic
sacrifices of the language martyrs by the international community.Now,after the
recognition,our language day is observed globally as International Mother
Language Day.
Language
day: Historical background: February 21st is observed as the language day.This
day is the culmination of a serious of protest and events that took place
between 1948 and 1952.After the independence of Pakistan the ruling authority
of west Pakistan recognized Urdu as the state language of Pakistan in 1948 and
tired to impose it on the Bangla-speaking majority people.Not only that they
also denied the demand of the Bangalis for the recognition of Bangla as the state
language.
In 1952 protests erupted throughout East Pakistan against the imposition of Urdu and for the recognition of Bangla as the state language of Pakistan. The ruling authority imposed section 144 all over the country as the protest grew stronger. However,when students, politician and general masses brought out a procession in Dhaka University area defying the section 144,the police charged fire on the procession.As a result, Rafiq,Jabbar,Salam,Barkat;Shafiq met martyrdom. Finally,Bangla was recognized as the state language.Since then,the day is observed throughout the country with solemnity and due homage.
International
Observance of the day: On 17 November 1999, UNESCO, a specialized organisation
of United Nations (UN) recognized our language movement and sacrifices of the
Martyrs.They declared that UNESCO would observe the day internationally.Since
2000, The International Mother Language Day is being observed all over the
world.The recognition by the UNESCO and the observance of the day by the
international community has increased our national glory and uplifted the
sacrifices of our language martyrs.Through UNESCO recognition, our language day
has got international status.
Significance
of the recognition: The recognition of our language day and the proclamation of
the observance of the day internationally is very significant.UNESCO’s
recognition is not simply a recognition of our language movement, but it
recognizes that is the birth right of every nation or race to speak in their
own language.The proclamation also said that this recognition would help to
preserve all the languages of the world and that diversity of languages is
important to maintain cultural identity and distinction.
Importance
of the day: Since 1952, the 21st February is observed as the language day in
our country.We remember our martyrs,their sacrifices and pay homage to the
heroic souls who laid down their lives for the cause of our mother tongue.We
have erected monuments (known as Shahid Minar) in remembrance of them and on 21
February we offer flower wreaths and stand silent in honor of them.
However,the
importance of 21st February and it’s observance lies elsewhere.It is a sows the
seed of our liberation war.And importantly,the language movement teaches us
that we have raise for achieving our rights, for establishing our place of
honor and dignity in the world.it teaches us not to bow down to any
oppression.It also inspires us to sacrifice our most treasured thing for sake
of the country.So the importance of international Mother Language Day is very
significant.
Conclusion:
We are the only nation of the world to sacrifice lives for mother
tongue.International Mother Language Day is a glorious recognition of our
history and our achievement.international Mother language Day highlights the
importance of linguistic identity.We are really proud that we have achieve
something that has got global acceptance.
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