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Pakistan Period: The 21 - Point Programme of The Election
Pakistan Period: The 21 - Point Programme of The Election
Pakistan Period: The 21 - Point Programme of The Election
Language controversy
In 1948 ,Muhammad Ali Jinnah ,Pakistans
first governor general declared in Dhaka
that urdhu is the state language of east
Pakistan
This proved highly controversial
Several students and civilians lost their lives
in a police crackdown on 21 February1952.
In west Pakistan , the movement was seen
as a sectional uprising against Pakistani
national interests and founding idealogy of
Pakistan
The deaths led to bitter feelings among east
Pakistanis,and they were a major factor in
the push for independence.
Declaration of independence
Governments of Bangladesh