Using Bangla and not Urdu was a huge impetus for the War of Liberation from Pakistan. Credit: zakir hossain chowdhury zakir/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-24th-january-2015-from-general-people-and-activist-78073960.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-international-mother-language-day2018-175389624.htmlBangladeshi fine arts student paints on the street in front of the Shahid Minar, language movement mausoleum, in Dhaka, as part of preparations for the forthcoming Language Martyrs Day and International Mother language Day.https://www.alamy.com/bangladeshi-fine-arts-student-paints-on-the-street-in-front-of-the-image66822381.htmlDhaka, Bangladesh - August 05, 2019: Bangladeshi indigenous people gather and rally as they celebrate World indigenous day at Shahid minar in Dhaka, Bhttps://www.alamy.com/dhaka-bangladesh-august-05-2019-bangladeshi-indigenous-people-gather-and-rally-as-they-celebrate-world-indigenous-day-at-shahid-minar-in-dhaka-b-image262620966.htmlCentral Shahid Minar with wreaths and flowers as the nation pays homage to the Language Movement martyrs on 21st February. Mehedi Hasan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-19th-feb-2017-an-artist-gives-a-final-touch-on-a-134144548.htmlDhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: zakir hossain chowdhury zakir/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-24th-january-2015-from-general-people-and-activist-78073932.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-tram-111366262.htmlBangladeshi fine arts student paints on the street in front of the Shahid Minar, language movement mausoleum, in Dhaka, as part of preparations for the forthcoming Language Martyrs Day and International Mother language Day.https://www.alamy.com/bangladeshi-fine-arts-student-paints-on-the-street-in-front-of-the-image66822410.htmlAfter,completion,of,Eid,prayer,,devout,Muslims,passing toward,Shahid,Minar.https://www.alamy.com/aftercompletionofeidprayerdevoutmuslimspassing-towardshahidminar-image61275511.htmlStoppage of traffic at Rani Rashmoni Road near Octoolerney Monument (Shahid Minar)- in Kolkata-India.https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-stoppage-of-traffic-at-rani-rashmoni-road-near-octoolerney-monument-39382998.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-central-shaheed-minar-in-rajshahi-bangladesh-141675299.htmlInternational Mother Language Day.Khulna,Bangladesh.

Protesters demand an end to the blockade and promise to fast to death if their demands aren't heard. 8th Aug, 2014. Language Martyrs Day is marked in Bangladesh to commemorate those who died during protests on 21 February 1952 against the then Pakistani states governments decission to name Urdu as the national language, despite East Pakistan's (Now Bangladesh) Bengali speaking majority. Thousands of candles are lit at the Central Shahid Minar in Dhaka on August 8, 2015 to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2015. Credit: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-8th-aug-2015-thousands-of-candles-are-lit-at-the-86192318.htmlRajshahi University Shaheed Minar. [1] It was constructed in the Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. Credit: zakir hossain chowdhury zakir/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-24th-january-2015-from-general-people-and-activist-78073945.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-international-mother-language-day2018-175389658.htmlBangladeshi fine arts student paints on the street in front of the Shahid Minar, language movement mausoleum, in Dhaka, as part of preparations for the forthcoming Language Martyrs Day and International Mother language Day.https://www.alamy.com/bangladeshi-fine-arts-student-paints-on-the-street-in-front-of-the-image66822405.htmlCentral Shaheed Minar (Language Martyrs’ Monument) in Dhaka city built in memory of the students and others killed during the historical language movehttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-central-shaheed-minar-language-martyrs-monument-in-dhaka-city-built-142563951.htmlDhaka, Bangladesh - August 05, 2019: Bangladeshi indigenous people gather and rally as they celebrate World indigenous day at Shahid minar in Dhaka, Bhttps://www.alamy.com/dhaka-bangladesh-august-05-2019-bangladeshi-indigenous-people-gather-and-rally-as-they-celebrate-world-indigenous-day-at-shahid-minar-in-dhaka-b-image262621034.htmlCentral Shahid Minar with wreaths and flowers as the nation pays homage to the Language Movement martyrs on 21st February.

24th January, 2015. Architecture: The Central Shaheed Minar's height is 14 metersTo establishment of the mother language, no nation give their blood except Bangali. Mehedi Hasan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live Newshttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dhaka-bangladesh-19th-feb-2017-an-artist-gives-a-final-touch-on-a-134144511.htmlDhaka, Bangladesh. A woman sleeps with her daughter on the pavement of Jatio Shahid Minar, (Monument for the martyrs of language movement) where the movement for Bangla language was started. 19th Feb, 2017.