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Contents 1 References 2 question 3 construction date of first shaheed minar 4 Related Images 5 Feb 22

[edit] References

I'm collecting scholarly references to the movement, and here are some:

• The Medium of Instruction Controversy in Pakistan - T Rahman - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997 [1]

• The first opposition to Urdu came from the Bengali Language Movement between 1948 to 1954. Despite Jinnah’s condemnation of the Movement in March 1948, it grew, and the police killed some of its supporters in Dhaka on 21 February 1952 (Alam, 1991; Kabir, 1987; Umar, 1970). This caused a lingering resentment which eventually led to the demand for Bangladesh, which emerged in 1971 (Zaheer, 1994). Although Bengali was recognised as a national language in 1956, it had once been used as a symbol of the growing alienation of East Bengal from West Pakistan. The language movement made Bengali a symbol of the resistance to West Pakistani domination

• Women, culture and nation-building: contemporary Sinhalese and Bengali theatre, N SILVA - Contemporary South Asia, 2000 - Taylor & Francis. [2]

• Bangladesh: Why It Happened, G. W. Choudhury International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), Vol. 48, No. 2 (Apr., 1972), pp. 242-249 doi:10.2307/261344 [3]

• Federalism and Pakistan. Khalid Bin Sayeed, Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 23, No. 9 (Sep., 1954), pp. 139-143 (airness that the de- mand of the East Pakistanis for ... Jinnah declared on March 21,

1948, in a public meet ... But in February 1952 when riots broke out over this ... )

There are some ... there can be more found via google scholar. Thanks. --Ragib 01:38, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Articles could be found for at least 25 people who contributed politically and culturally during the language movement. There is also other political leaders and organizations who influenced the movement. Would it be better to include all of them within a template at the end of the article?Tarif from Bangladesh 10:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question

The main section, or introduction seems way too long.Bakaman 01:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] construction date of first shaheed minar

there is a few confusions about the construction date of first shaheed minar. Banglapedia probably said about February 22. But in the Bashir Al Helal's book Bhasha Andoloner Itihas it is proved that it was constructed on February 23. One of the main planner of the first shaheed minar Sayed Haider also confirmed the date. So we should take February 23 as a solution.Tarif from Bangladesh 19:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Banglapedia may not be 100% correct. If other independent sources, and original sources say the date is feb 23, it is more likely to be correct. --Ragib 19:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

the construction work finished at midnight of February 23. So it was not possible to publish the news on 24th. And the news published on february 25 for that reason. So it will be correct if we take february 23.Tarif from Bangladesh 18:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I think Shohid Dibôsh should be linked to Language Movement Day.Tarif from Bangladesh 18:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Related Images

I have uploaded some images which are related to language movement. They are Image:Jinnah in Dhaka.JPG, Image:Urdu department students.JPG,Image:Probhat Feri of 1953.JPG. Please include them in suitable places of the article if necessarry.--- Tarif from Bangladesh 11:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Feb 22

There are some cut paste (specially about the event at 11am) that makes the order of the events a bit confused. Please clean up. --Dr.saptarshi 12:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)