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International Mother Language Day

Bangladesh. 21th February 2015. . The martyr’s monument Central Shaheed Minar is decorated with flowers as an homage by thousands of Bangladeshi people during the International Mother Language Day, in Dhaka. The gathering marks 60 years since police fired at thousands of protesters at a university in Bangladesh demanding that Bengali be declared the state language. The deaths marked the start of a nearly two-decades-long struggle for Bangladesh which ended in victory in the 1971 independence war with Pakistan .Photo by Palash Khan(Photo by Palash Khan/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#451193
Date Taken	21 February 2015
Location	N/A
Photographer	Palash Khan/NurPhoto
Category	Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Palash Khan/NurPhoto

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