Bangladesh: From Autonomy to Independence (original) (raw)

From the beginning of the creation of Pakistan there had been controversies of language. In 1947, that controversy took a permanent place. In 1948, Dhirendranath Dattas' demand of using Bangla language beside English and Urdu was rejected. On 19th March, Muhammad Ali Jinnah proposed to write Bangla with Arabic alphabets and that made people of West Bengal angry. The movements in those times were the first movement against the Pakistani rulers. At that time people realized the importance of their own development by focusing on their mother tongue. In 1952s' Language Movement people erupted in protests. For violating section 144 on 21 February people were shot by police. Barkat, Jabber, Rafiq, Salam, Shafiur were killed. Those massacres made a big reaction in the minds of Bengalis. This movement made the people of the country aware of their rights, unity and freedom. They realized that they need to develop politics, economy, education, culture with their own identity as Bengali. This unity of identity later played a role in the establishment of the state of Bangladesh.