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A useful modern institutional reference showing the global legacy of 21 February and the continuing significance of linguistic rights.
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The Language Movement grew out of the post-1947 struggle over representation, when demands for Bangla in the Constituent Assembly, education, administration, and public life collided with the Pakistani state's Urdu-only policy. The movement reached its decisive phase in February 1952, when students and activists defied Section 144 and police opened fire, turning language into the moral center of Bengali political identity.
