THE WORLD MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY Or, INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

Mother tongue is a divine gift. From the holy Quran we come to know that the most merciful Almighty has bestowed a mother tongue upon each and every caste, creed and colour. Mother tongue is, so important that the people of a country express their ideas, thoughts. feelings emotions etc. clearly through mother tongue. But it is an irony of fate that the then rulers of Pakistan tried to impose Urdu as mother tongue upon us instead of Bangla. But the people of our country raised their voice against this unlawful decision. Some of the heroic sons came forward and sacrificed their glorious life for the cause of our mother tongue on the 21st February, 1952. Since then this day is called the Shaheed Dibash. Every year we remember this day with solemnity and pay them profound tribute. Now it is a great pleasure for us that this day has got international recognition in 1999. From now onwards this day will be observed as "The World Mother Language Day" So it is a matter of great glory and prestige for us.