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1952 A general strike was observed while the East Bengal Assembly was meeting for its budget session.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1952 Students decide to defy the official ban imposed by Nurul Amin's administration and processions are taken out to stage a demonstration in front of the Provincial Assembly. Police starts lobbing tear gas shells to the students. Students retaliate by batting bricks. The ensuing riot spreads to the nearby campuses of the Medical and Engineering colleges.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1952 The police opened fire on a mass-rally on language movement in front of the Medical College hostel killing five including three students - Mohammad Salauddin, Abdul Jabbar, Abul Barkat, Rafiquddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1952 Inside East Bengal Assembly, six opposition members press for the adjournment of the House and demand an inquiry into the killing civilian on that day. The Chief Minister Nurul Amin urges the House to proceed with the planned agenda for the day. At this point all the opposition members of the Assembly walk out in protest.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1953 Nationwide people took to the streets to mark the first Shaheed (Martyr) Day. People led by national leaders like Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani walked barefooted to the monument at the University of Dhaka thus giving birth to 'prabhat pheri' (mourning procession) for the first time.
Google | Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Timeline | 1956 21 February was formally declared Shaheed Day and also a public holiday.
Google | Shaheed Dibash Timeline | 1956 The foundation stone of the Shaheed Minar was laid for the second time by Abu Hossain Sarkar, the then Chief Minister of East Pakistan, along with Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani and Hasina Begum, mother of Abul Barkat, the language martyr.
Google | Shaheed Minar Timeline | 1969 Janomot, the first Bengali newsweekly published outside Bangladesh, was founded in London.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called a meeting of all the political leaders of Pakistan to discuss the 6-point demand before it would be placed at the National Assembly session.
Google | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline | 1972 After the liberation of Bangladesh, the weekly Banglar Bani was converted to a daily and was published with Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani as its editor.
Google | Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani Timeline | 1972 The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela finds its roots when Chittaranjan Saha of Muktodhara Publishing House set up a stall on Bangla Academy premises to mark Shaheed Day.
Google | Amar Ekushey Boi Mela Timeline | 1993 Daily Janakantha, a Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh was founded.
Google | Mass Media in Bangladesh Timeline | 2000 International Mother Language Day, introduced by the UNESCO to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this date in Dhaka in 1952, began being observed throughout the world.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 2010 International Mother Language Institute was inaugurated in Dhaka by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which aims to help preserve all languages around the world.
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