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Dhaka Language Movement

1948-1956 CE · Bangladesh

Students and civic groups mobilized for Bengali language recognition in East Pakistan; killings on 21 February 1952 became central to Bangladeshi memory and global mother-language observance.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Dhaka Language Movement, 1948-1956 CE. — AI-generated non-graphic visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of the 1952 killings or a single event.

How the setting appeared

University streets, meeting halls, print shops and later the Shaheed Minar memorial formed key public spaces.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENTCIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Students, families, writers and workers debated language, education and representation within a multilingual society.

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How people worked

Posters, pamphlets, type, radio, song, assembly and memorial building carried political demands.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENTCIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

The movement joined people of different beliefs around language and civic rights; present commemorations are public remembrance rather than worship.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENTCIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Decolonization and globalization
Region: South Asia · Bangladesh
Languages and scripts: Bengali; Urdu; English
Important people: Dhirendranath Datta; Abul Kasem; Abul Barkat; Rafiq Uddin Ahmed; Abdus Salam; Abdul Jabbar; Shafiur Rahman
Events and changes: Dhirendranath Datta proposed in Pakistan's Constituent Assembly on 25 February 1948 CE that Bengali be permitted in assembly proceedings.; Students and civic organizations in East Bengal organized strikes and demonstrations for Bengali language recognition during 1948 CE.; Police fired on demonstrators in Dhaka on 21 February 1952 CE after students challenged restrictions on assembly, killing and wounding participants.; The first Shaheed Minar was erected in February 1952 CE and was soon demolished by police; later memorials preserved the movement's public memory.; Pakistan's 1956 constitution recognized Bengali and Urdu as state languages.
Evidence confidence: Strong documentary and living memory; the image is a general public-mobilization scene.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENTCIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENTCIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-DHAKA-LANGUAGE-MOVEMENT

Dhaka Language Movement: record evidence guide

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/mother-language?hub=66746

unesco.org

CIT-CORE136-DHAKA-BANGLAPEDIA

Language Movement

https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement

Banglapedia, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

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