Justice reigned over injustice

Mother language is an inherited language of each and every man to express his own ideas, feelings and emotions. The words 'mother' and 'mother language' are quite essential to each other. There actually exists an integrated relationship between the two words which can better be compared to the two flowers bloomed in the same petal on the same branch of a tree. We have to struggle and sacrifice life to get the freedom of speaking.

Our brave people sacrifice their blood for the sake of Mother's tongue on 21st February 1952. As a Bangalee our mother tongue or mother language is Bangla. To speak in mother tongue is a birthright of a man. No one has any right to seize this right. The attack on or any conspiracy against the mother tongue of a people is no less than an act of brutality. It can be likened to spoil the very sanctity of a mother. No people can let such heinous act go unchallenged.

We had been under the colonial domination of the British for long 190 years after the setting down of the sun on the independence of bangla in the battle of Palashi in 1957. Then it came into being an independent country name Pakistan with two wings called East Pakistan and West Pakistan. But since the dawn of Pakistan, the rulers of West Pakistan began to treat the Bengalese with the cruel attitudes of a set-mother. They were so cruel and heinous that they did not feel any hesitation to make attack on the cultural sanctity of the bangles.

Immediately after independence, a resolution was adopted by the Pakistan government to make 'Urdu' as their state language. But peoples of our country refuges to accept Urdu as mother languages. On March 21, 1948, the governor of Pakistan again declared Urdu as Pakistan's only state language. Students instantly protest the declaration again. Condition of Section 144 was declared in whole Dhaka On February 20, 1952. But on February 21, 1952, the students call meeting in Amtala of Dhaka University and rallies were started by them by violating Section 144. Police shot on the rally and instantly Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar, Shafiur and many others were martyred.

21st February is a day of glory for us. It was known and observed as only "Shaheed Dibosh" in earlier. It was at the painful memorable day of the language movement of the Bengali people. Bangladesh is the only country in the world that has sacrificed their lives and run movement for mother tongue. This day teaches us to stand up, protest and fight against all sorts of oppression and wrongdoings. It is the language movement through which to a noble sense of 'Bengali nationalism' has come into existence.

The significance of the international mother language day is too much to be described in words. The mother language day is a glorious recognition of our history and our achievement. It highlights the importance of linguistic identity and diversity. The day has brought about a great change in the life of the Bangalees. It was actually a victory for justice over injustice - the victory of humanity over barbarism.