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Artistic depictions of the Bengali Language Movement

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Main article:Bengali Language Movement

Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located nearDhaka Medical College, commemorates the struggle for Bengali language

Moder Gorob, a commemorative sculpture atBangla Academy

TheBengali language movement was a political effort inEast Pakistan (nowBangladesh) that advocated the adoption ofBengali as an official language. The movement faced violent opposition by the government before finally succeeding. Numerous songs, poems, novels and plays were written to commemorate the movement, as well as films and memoirs.

Songs

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Ekusher Gaan (The Song of Twentyfirst) byAbdul Gaffar Choudhury
Ora Amar Mukher Kotha (They are my Words) byAbdul Latif
Ekushey February (21 February) byKabir Suman

Poems

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Kadte Ashini Fashir Dabi Niye Ashechi (I have not come to mourn but to appeal for hanging) byMahbub Ul Alam Choudhury
Bornomala, Amar Dukhini Bornomala byShamsur Rahman
February 1969 byShamsur Rahman
Amake ki malyo debe dao byNirmalendu Goon
Chithi byAbu Zafar Obaidullah
Shobhyotar Monibondhe bySyed Shamsul Haque

Sculpture and architecture

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Shaheed Minar ( "Martyr Monument") inDhaka, Bangladesh.
Moder Gorob (Our Pride ) – is a sculpture situated in front of Bangla Academy building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bhasha Smritistambha (Language Monument) – located at Deshapriya Park, Kolkata, India.
Bhasha Shahid Smarak (Language Martyrs Memorial) – at Ekushe Udyan park, Kolkata, India.^[1]

Novels

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Ekushey February byZahir Raihan
Artonaad byShawkat Osman
Nirontor Ghontadhoni bySelina Hossain

Films

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Jibon Theke Neya (Taken from Life) directed byZahir Raihan
Bangla directed byShahidul Islam Khokon
Fagun Haway (In Spring breeze) directed byTauquir Ahmed

Stage play

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Kobor (Grave) byMunier Chowdhury

Things named after the movement

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Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh
Ekushey Book Fair, the national book fair of Bangladesh
Ekushey Television, the first private terrestrial TV channel in Bangladesh
Ekushe Udyan, park inKolkata,West Bengal, India^[1]
Bhasha Udyan, part of Surendra Nath park inKolkata,West Bengal^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

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^^a ^b"WB CM inaugurates Bhasha Shahid Smarak – All India Trinamool Congress".
^"Chitra Lahiri".www.calcuttayellowpages.com.
^"Nothing political about Bhasha Divas function - Times of India".The Times of India.
^"Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation".www.kmcgov.in.

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History and events	Tamaddun Majlish Shorbodolio Kendrio Rashtrobhasha Kormi Porishod Rastrabhasa Sangram Parishad Role of political parties during Bengali Language Movement The Azad Urdu movement Arabic in Islam Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha: Bangla Na Urdu? Romanisation of Bengali
People	Abul Barkat Abdul Jabbar Shafiur Rahman Abdus Salam Rafiq Uddin Ahmed Dhirendranath Datta Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hamidur Rahman Abul Kashem Shamsul Huq Nurul Huq Bhuiyan Shahed Ali Liaquat Ali Khan Mohammad Toaha Abdul Matin Abdul Malek Ukil A. K. Fazlul Huq Maulana Bhashani Oli Ahad Abul Hashim Shawkat Ali Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Kazi Golam Mahbub Gaziul Haque Muhammad Habibur Rahman Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury Mohammad Akram Khan Zahir Raihan Mohammad Sultan Abdul Latif Abdul Gafur Altaf Mahmud Muhammad Shahidullah Nurul Amin Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Munier Choudhury
Commemoration	Ekushey Book Fair Shaheed Minar Ekushey Padak Language Movement Day International Mother Language Day Moder Gorob Artistic depictions of the Bengali Language Movement Ekusher Gaan