Language Movement of 1952

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Language_Movement_of_1952

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Bengali_Language_Movement
gptkbp:category	protest history of Bangladesh language rights movement
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Hindu_temple gptkb:International_Mother_Language_Day 21 February
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:date	21 February 1952
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Language Movement of 1952
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Bangladesh_Liberation_War
gptkbp:keyEvent	student protests police firing on protesters
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Bengali gptkb:Urdu
gptkbp:ledTo	rise of Bengali nationalism
gptkbp:legacy	International Mother Language Day established by UNESCO in 1999
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Dhaka gptkb:East_Bengal
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Abdus_Salam gptkb:Abdul_Jabbar gptkb:Abul_Barkat gptkb:Rafiq_Uddin_Ahmed gptkb:Shafiur_Rahman
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:West_Pakistani_authorities
gptkbp:opposedLanguagePolicyOf	gptkb:Government_of_Pakistan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:partition_of_India formation of Pakistan
gptkbp:requires	recognition of Bengali as a state language
gptkbp:resultedIn	recognition of Bengali as a state language of Pakistan
gptkbp:significance	promotion of linguistic and cultural rights
gptkbp:supportedBy	general public students intellectuals
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bangla_Academy gptkb:Dhaka,_Bangladesh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5