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International Mother Language Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh. The resolution was suggested by Rafiqul Islam and Abdus Salam, Bengalis living in Vancouver , Canada. They wrote a letter to Kofi Annan on 9 January 1998 asking him to take a step for saving the world's languages from extinction by declaring an International Mother Language Day.
Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, [10] [11] [12] with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. [13] [14] It is the second-most widely spoken language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam.
The Bengali language movement [a] was a political movement in East Bengal [b] (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and ...
Planning for the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), intended to promote Bangla and preserve endangered languages, began in 1999. [2] It was inaugurated at Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 March 2001. [3] Construction started on 6 April 2003, stopped with the next change of government, and resumed on 11 February 2008.
Named after the colloquial Bengali name for International Mother Language Day Ekushey (একুশে), [d] the event commemorates those who died on 21 February 1952 during the Bengali Language Movement, which sought to establish Bengali as one of the state languages of former East Pakistan.
The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. ... UNESCO declared 21 February International Mother Language Day. [132] Politics ...
To commemorate this movement, Shaheed Minar, a solemn and symbolic sculpture, was erected in the place of the massacre. The day is revered in Bangladesh and, to a somewhat lesser extent, in West Bengal as the Martyrs' Day. This day is the public holiday in Bangladesh. UNESCO decided to observe 21 February as International Mother Language Day.
Rafiqul Islam (16 July 1950 – 20 November 2013) [1] was a Bangladeshi-born Canadian [2] language activist. [3] [4] He played a major role in achieving recognition of February 21 as the International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. [1]