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SSC Unit-3; Lesson-3(B); International Mother Language Day – 2

21 February has been observed as Shaheed Dibosh every year throughout the country in remembrance of the martyrs of language movement of 1952.

ā§§ā§¯ā§Ģā§¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻ•ā§āĻļā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§ŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

The occasion begins at the early hours of the day with mourning songs that recall the supreme sacrifices of our language martyrs.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŽ āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻļā§‹āĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤

People wear black badges and go to the Shaheed Minar barefoot in procession, singing mourning songs. They place wreaths at the Minar.

āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻœ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļā§‹āĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ—āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Many of them visit the graves of the martyrs at Azimpur graveyard and pray for them.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻœāĻŋāĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŦāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‹ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

They also attend various programmes organised in remembrance of the language martyrs.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) on 17 November in 1999 proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Language Day in recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for the rightful place of Bangla.

ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§§ā§­ āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹ (āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ“ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ ā§¨ā§§ āĻļā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§ŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Two Bangladeshi expatriates living in Vancouver in Canada, Rafiqul Islam and Abdus Salam, sent a proposal to Kofi Annan, the then Secretary General of the United Nations.

āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻĢāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§€āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻšāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

They requested him to declare 21st February as the International  Mother language Day.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ ā§¨ā§§āĻļā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ ”āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸â€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

They added that the decision would honour and save all extinct languages of the world.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ°ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ“ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

As per their logical expectation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina then took prompt initiatives by sending formal proposal to UNESCO.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻŽā§‹āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ•, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻļā§‡āĻ– āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹- āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Finally, on 17 November 1999, UNESCO declared 21st February as the International Mother Language Day.

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡, ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§§ā§­ āĻ¨āĻ­ā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹ ā§¨ āĻļā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§ŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ ”āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸â€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

The day is now annually observed worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§ˆāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

1.Remembrance (n)

2.Martyr (n)

3.Mourning Song (n)

4.Supreme (adj)

5.Organize (v)

6.Programme (n)

7.Proclaim (v)

8.Various (adj)

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§.āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§¨.āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ

ā§Š.āĻļā§‹āĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤

ā§Ē.āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻžāĻšā§āĻš

ā§Ģ.āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ŧ.āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋ

ā§­.āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ž.āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

9. Expatriate (n)

10. Proposal (n)

11. Declare (v)

12. International (adj)

13. Extinct (adj)

14. Logical (adj)

15. Initiative (n)

16. Formal (adj)

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§¯. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€

ā§§ā§Ļ.āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ

ā§§ā§§. āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§¨. āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤/ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

17. Finally (adv)

18. Culture (n)

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§ā§­. āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•