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We Shall Never Forget You "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" Spring has since arrived here in my beloved country. It came day before yesterday--- on the 13th day of the month of February, 2016. According to Bengali calendar, it was the first day of the Bengali month Falgun! Every year, we remember the month with sadness and also pray for the departed souls of the university students shot dead point blank by the Pakistani beasts when they were coming out from the university compound one by one to stage a peaceful demonstration for the recognition of Bangla ( Bengali) as one of the two national languages of the then Pakistan. We call the day as Martyrs' Day (Shôhid Dibôs). The students were killed on 21st February, 1952 in and around the University of Dhaka and Dhaka Medical College. Some of them were shot dead cold blooded in front of the High court by the gun hungry Pakistani Army men lead by the butcher Ayub Khan who subsequently became the ruler of Pakistan by staging a coup. The day is now a national day of Bangladesh to commemorate protests and sacrifices to protect Bengali as a national language during Bengali Language Movement of 1952. This day is also a public holiday in Bangladesh. UNESCO decided to observe 21 February as International Mother Language Day. The UNESCO General Conference took a decision to that effect on 17 November 1999 when it unanimously adopted a draft resolution submitted by Bangladesh and co-sponsored and supported by 28 other countries. Here bellow. some of the pictures showing how the day is remembered and celebrated by our young and old, are uploaded for my readers to view. They can learn more if they consult the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, or many other publications that were published on the sad event, specially, how the dead bodies of the Martyr students were removed from the Dhaka Medical college morgue at night, and dumped in the graves by the soldiers Of Ayub Khan—the subsequent self styled Field Marshall of the Pakistani Armed Forces! The brutal actions subsequently turned out to be devastating for Pakistan. They were thrown out of Bangladesh In the year 1971. More than Ninety thousands of these Pakistani army personnel along with their Officers had to pass time in Indian camps after Bangladesh was liberated by our Freedom Fighters with the active help of our neighbor India.           |
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Our Spring won't arrive until March 20th. You always have such interesting pictures 
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Our Spring won't arrive until March 20th. You always have such interesting pictures
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Looklook MBN, thank you for this heartbreaking story which I wasn't aware of before. It's a sad memory for those who had survived it of course. By the year it had happened in your country, I was here still a toddler. But I share your sad memories through this blog of yours. I wish it won't happen again even in another way. Thanks for this painful read. Have a blessed day MBN. Take care of yourself too. Lisa.  
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Sad memories  Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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Looklook MBN, thank you for this heartbreaking story which I wasn't aware of before. It's a sad memory for those who had survived it of course. By the year it had happened in your country, I was here still a toddler. But I share your sad memories through this blog of yours. I wish it won't happen again even in another way. Thanks for this painful read. Have a blessed day MBN. Take care of yourself too. Lisa.
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Sad memories Have a nice time and thanks for your kind visit!
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