WELCOMEMY DEAR STUDENTS
AlamKhan Assistant Teacher of English
Boalia Secondary SchoolChitalmary ,Bagerhat
Class:ixSub:English 1st paper
Unit:Three,Lesson:3+ 4
Look at the picture.Talk about it.
Are you familiar with this picture? Where is it?Which date is related to it?What language do you speak?
Title: International mother language day.
21st February
• Memorable day in our national history.• Observe the day every YEAR as
INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY.• The day is a national holiday.
Undivided Pakistan
• People pay tribute to the martyrs,on this day,who establish Bangla as a state language in undivided PAKISTAN in 1952.
• The seed of the language movement was sown on 21 March 1948.
Mohammad Ali Zinnah The Governor General of
PAKISTAN, 1948
• At a public meeting in Dhaka
• Mohammad Ali Zinnah declared that Urdu would be the only official language of Pakistan.
Language movement
• The declaration raised a storm of protest in the East Pakistan.
• The protest continued non-stop,gathering momentum day by day.
• It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952.
• The government outlawed all sorts of public meetings and rallies to prevent movement.
• The students of Dhaka University defied the law.
• They brought out a peaceful protest procession on 21 February 1952.
• The procession reached near Dhaka Medical College.
• The police opened fire on the students.• They killed Salam,Rafiq,Barkat and Jabbar.
OUTCOMES
This kindled the sparks of independence movement of
Bangladesh.
21st February---Shaheed Dibosh
• The occasion begins at the early hours of the day with mourning songs.
• People wear black badges and go to the Shaheed Minar barefoot in procession,singing mourning songs.
• They place wreaths at the Minar.
Azimpur graveyard
• People visit the graves of the martyrs to pray for them.
UNESCO
U=UnitedN=Nations
E=EducationalS=Scientific
ANDCO=Cultural Organisation
UNESCO‘S Proclamation
• On 17 november in 1999 UNESCO proclaimed February 21 as International Mother Language Day.
• In recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for the rightful place of Bangla.
• The Day observed worldwide annually.