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The Historic Language Movement: Abdul Ghafur

The document discusses the historic Language Movement in Bangladesh that began in 1947 after the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state and reached its climax in 1952 when police fired on crowds protesting for Bengali language rights. The movement was significant because it laid the socio-political foundations for the autonomy movement in East Pakistan that ultimately led to Bangladesh gaining independence in 1971. Bengali language originated in the 7th century and evolved over many years and centuries, with its earliest forms found in Buddhist mystic songs from the Pala dynasty period when Bengali first received royal patronage as the language of the masses.

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The Historic Language Movement: Abdul Ghafur

The document discusses the historic Language Movement in Bangladesh that began in 1947 after the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state and reached its climax in 1952 when police fired on crowds protesting for Bengali language rights. The movement was significant because it laid the socio-political foundations for the autonomy movement in East Pakistan that ultimately led to Bangladesh gaining independence in 1971. Bengali language originated in the 7th century and evolved over many years and centuries, with its earliest forms found in Buddhist mystic songs from the Pala dynasty period when Bengali first received royal patronage as the language of the masses.

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1. The Historic Language Movement Abdul Ghafur Language Movement occupies a most glorious chapter in the history of Bangladesh.

Although the Movement reached its climax in February 1952, when police fired on the crowds of language activists at Dhaka, the Movement began in September 1947, within one month after the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state. The importance of the Movement lies in the fact that it was this Language Movement which provided socio-politico-psychological basis on which subsequent movement for regional autonomy grew in the then East Pakistan leading ultimately to the emergence of the separate sovereign nationhood of Bangladesh in 1971. Historical background: No big event ever takes place overnight. This is also true of the historic Language Movement of Bangladesh. Although the Language Movement was formally launched in 1947, after the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state, the seeds of the Language Movement lay deep in the socio-political conditions through which Bengali language grew and developed over the years and centuries. Bengali language originated in the seventh century in the family of Indo-Aryan language through a long evolutionary process. But the distinct form of Bengali language was yet to crystallize. According to scholars, the earliest forms of Bengali language have to be traced in the Buddhist mystic songs known as "Buddha Gan o Doha'. It was the Buddhist mystics who are to be credited for composing the earliest verses of Bengali, the language of the masses, for preaching their religious ideas. During the Buddhist Pala dynasty Bengali language, which was in its infancy, enjoyed royal patronage and made a good beginning.

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