On 17 November 1999, 21st February was announced as the international mother language day by UNESCO. It was about the language movement of 1952 of Bangladesh. In 1952 the people of Bangladesh (then east Pakistan) protested against the inappropriate decision of making Urdu as the state language of then Pakistan. When this situation got kind of difficult for the Pakistani govt, they invoked a limited curfew to prevent the movement. But students broke the curfew and brought out possessions and Pakistani police fired on them and a number of students were killed. Four of them were Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar, Abdus Salam and Abul Barkat. The day was so much tragic. The Bangles are the only nation that sacrificed so much for there language. That's why the day was to be remembered and was given recognition as the International mother language day.
