Lol, why would anyone shed blood for language. Its outright funny haha
In the initial years of Pakistan, the Bengalis were probably the only ethnic group in the country who weren't quite fluent in Urdu. Punjab had Urdu as official language since 1841 so it wasn't much of a hassle for them. Sindhis Pashtuns shared nastaliq script so it wasn't problem for them. East Bengal received huge influx of Bihari refugees during partition which still continued into the following years. Now the Biharis were quite fluent in Urdu. So when it was decided that Urdu would be national language, used for central institutions, more preference went to the Biharis. So locals started to feel insecure maybe they were looting jobs from them some sort of xenophobia arose which led to hostility culminating in "language movement" which was nothing but to protect job interests of locals till the time Bengalis learnt Urdu well.
There was no such language movement after 1952 We started to accept Urdu as national language It was very easy to learn too because it was Indo Aryan language and a lot of them learnt Arabic script in primary schools beforehand. People saying funny haha things like language movement don't know anything what they are talking about. You really believe people care about things like language when they can't even gather rozana roti-sobzi for their khandan at home Only some intellectual irrelevant and nationalists supported this thing Ordinary citizens of East Pakistan didn't have time for such silly things PERIOD This is the truth Accept it
Ordinary people were martyred in language movement.
Abdus Salam
Native name আব্দুস সালাম
Born 27 November 1925
Luxmipur village,
Feni District,
Bengal Presidency,
British India
Died 7 April 1952 (aged 26)
Dhaka,
East Bengal,
Pakistan
He was serving as a peon in the Department of Industries of the government.
Abdul Jabbar
Native name আব্দুল জব্বার
Born 1919
Mymensingh,
Bengal Presidency,
British India
Died February 21, 1952 (aged 33)
Known for Demonstrator killed during
Bengali Language Movement
He failed to continue his education owing to poverty.He went to
Narayanganj by train and met an Englishman who helped him to get a job in
Burma (currently
Myanmar). He returned home after twelve years of service in Burma.
Shafiur Rahman
Born 24 January 1918
Konnaagar of Hooghly District in
West Bengal,
of India
Died 22 February 1952
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital,
Dhaka
Occupation Government Service Holder
Known for Language Martyr of 1952
After the
partition of India he came to
East Bengal with his wife Aquila Khatoon and his daughter Asfia Khatoon and other members of the family, taking a job in the accounts section of the
Dhaka High Court.
Abul Barkat
Native name আবুল বরকত
Born Murshidabad,
Bengal Presidency
Died Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation Language rights activist
He received his honors in 1951 where he stood fourth in the second class. He was a Masters student of the department of political science of Dhaka University.
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Ahmed, Rafiq Uddin
Rafiq Uddin Ahmed (
Bengali: রফিক উদ্দীন আহমেদ) (October 30, 1926 – February 21, 1952) was a demonstrator killed during the
Bengali Language Movement demonstrations that took place in
East Pakistan (currently
Bangladesh) in 1952.
Rafiq Uddin Ahmed was born at Paril village in
Singair Upazila in
Manikganj District. His father was the patron of the Manikganj Commercial College. He passed his matriculation from Baira School in 1949. He became a student of the Intermediate Class of
Debendra College. But he discontinued his studies and moved to Dhaka where he worked in his father's commercial printing business. In Dhaka he admitted himself in
Jagannath University (then Jagannath College).
