Historical Memory Journey
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A useful modern institutional reference showing the global legacy of 21 February and the continuing significance of linguistic rights.
1952
The Language Movement grew out of post-partition inequality, when East Bengal faced cultural and political pressure from a state that privileged Urdu alone. This chapter follows the protests, the police killings of February 1952, and the way language became central to Bengali political identity.