Wednesday, January 9, 2013

International Mother Language Day





International Mother Language Day, which is celebrated on February 21st, is a holiday proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in November 1999 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It has been observed every year since February 2000. The origin of International Mother Language Day traces back to February 21st, 1952 when four students were killed because they campaigned to officially use their mother language, Bengali, in Dhaka, the capital of what is now Bangladesh.


Click here to learn more about International Mother Language Day.
Watch a video that explain how Bangladesh was born and tell the history of International Language Day.
Aminul Hassan has uploaded a video about International Mother Language Day.
Taufiq Hasan has uploaded a video that was produced for the event "International Mother Language Day" 2012 by Bangladesh Student Organization (BSO) at University of Texas at Dallas.

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