JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 5 Lesson 1(B) Bangabandhu and the Language Movement

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was one of the few student leaders who played a significant role in turning the Language Movement into a mass movement.

āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻŖ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāύāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻļ⧇āĻ– āĻŽā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦ⧁āϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽāĨ¤

As a student leader, he was the central figure in organizing mass gatherings, rallies and strikes for raising awareness against the discriminatory language policy of Pakistan.

āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧈āώāĻŽā§āϝāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύāϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āϜāύāϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ,āϜāύāϏāĻ­āĻž āĻ“ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āĻ†ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤

The Language Movement started when the Governor General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, declared “Urdu and only Urdu shall be the state language of Pakistan” on 19 March 1948 at the Race Course Maidan while addressing a public gathering.

āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ ⧧⧝ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ, āϝ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āύāϰ āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻĻ āφāϞ⧀ āϜāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻš āϰ⧇āϏāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏ āĻŽā§ŸāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϜāύāϏāĻ­āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, “āωāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āωāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĨ¤”

He again uttered the same on 24 March 1948 at the University of Dhaka during his convocation speech. The students instantly protested against this announcement vehemently.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϜāĻžāύāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

It was the time when young Mujib started organizing the student front of Muslim League in East Pakistan. He was proud of his Bengali identity band very active to initiate strikes and protests against the language policy of Pakistan government.

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻŽā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϞ⧀āϗ⧇āĻ°Â  āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ—āĻ āĻŖ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡Â  āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϘāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Later, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khwaja Nazimuddin echoed the statement of Mr. Jinnah on 26 January 1952. Mujib was in prison during this time due to his political activism and was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College under police custody.

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ–āĻžāϜāĻž āύāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āύ ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍āϰ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻļ⧇ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻšāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤āĻŽā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦ āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻ–āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϜ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

However, he stayed in constant touch with other leaders directly engaged in the movement to make Bangla the state language. His directions from poison led the movement to a success. On 14 February, he started a hunger strike there

āϤāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύāϤāĻžāϰ (āĻŽā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦ) āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻ•ā§āώāύāĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§§ā§Ē āĻĢ⧇āĻŦā§āϰ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻļāύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤āĨ¤

During a general strike on 21 February 1952 the protesting students tried to defy Section 144 imposed by the government.

⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āϚāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ⧍⧧āĻļ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āĻŦā§āϰ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āϚāϞāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧀āϰāĻž āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŋāϤ ā§§ā§Ēā§Ē āϧāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

The police opened fired and killed a number of students including Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Barkat, Abdul Jabar and others.

āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧁āϏ āϏāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϰāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āύ āφāĻšāĻŽā§‡āĻĻ, āφāĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦāϰāĻ•āϤ, āφāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧁āϞ āϜāĻŦā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāϏāĻš āφāϰ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

In his autobiography, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman says, “…… We decided in the meeting in my room to observe 21 February as the State Language Day and to form a committee that day to conduct the movement to establish Bangla as the state language.”

āĻļ⧇āĻ– āĻŽā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦ⧁āϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ, “—– āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻ­āĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž ⧍⧧ āĻĢ⧇āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§‚ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĻ°Â  āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
New Word

1.Significant (adj)

2.Organize (v)

3.Rally (n)

4.Raise (v)

5.Awareness (n)

6.Discrimination (adj)

7.Address (v)

8.Convocation (n)

9.Instantly(adj)

āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§āĨ¤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ

⧍āĨ¤ āĻ†ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§ŠāĨ¤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ, āϜāύāϏāĻ­āĻž

ā§ĒāĨ¤ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§Ģ. āϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•āϤāĻž

ā§Ŧ. āĻŦ⧈āώāĻŽā§āϝāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•, āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•

ā§­. āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻŖ/ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž

ā§Ž. āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

⧝. āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāύāĻžā§Ž

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
New Word

1o. Announcement (adj)

11. Vehemently (adv)

12. Identity (n)

13. Initiate (by)

14. Echo (v)

15. Constant (adj)

16. Hunger (n)

17. Strike (n)

18. Defy(v)

āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§ā§Ļ.āĻ˜ā§‹āώāύāĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ / āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

⧧⧍. āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟/ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĻŋ

ā§§ā§Š. āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āĻŖāϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāϞāĻž

ā§§ā§Ģ. āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ•ā§āώāύāĻŋāĻ•

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ…āύāĻļāύ, āωāĻĒāĻŦāĻžāϏ

ā§§ā§­. āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
New Word

19. Impose (v)

20. Including (pre)

21. Autobiography (n)

22. Conduct (v)

23. Established (v)

āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

⧧⧝. āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž/ āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

⧍ā§Ļ. āϏāĻš/ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇

⧍⧧. āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧀

⧍⧍. āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§¨ā§Š. āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

 

Prepared & Translated By,

Md. Rokon Uddin (Rumon)

MBA. BA Hon’s (English)

Email: rumonscb@gmail.com

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