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 āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
The occasion begins at the early hours of the day with mourning songs that recall the supreme sacrifices of our language martyrs.
āĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§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 āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§ā§ āĻļā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°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§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻ°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 āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°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° āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ (āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ ā§¨ā§§ āĻļā§ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°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.
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
They requested him to declare 21st February as the International Mother language Day.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ ā§¨ā§§āĻļā§ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ âāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸â āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
They added that the decision would honour and save all extinct languages of the world.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
As per their logical expectation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina then took prompt initiatives by sending formal proposal to UNESCO.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§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¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§- āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°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° āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ ā§¨ āĻļā§ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ÃĻā§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ âāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸â āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
The day is now annually observed worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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§āĻ¤āĻŋ ā§¨.āĻļāĻšāĻŋāĻĻ ā§Š.āĻļā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ ā§Ē.āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻžāĻā§āĻ ā§Ģ.āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ŧ.āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ ā§.āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ž.āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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§§. āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§§ā§¨. āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ ā§§ā§Š. āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤/ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ |