Dazzling days of Language Movement in Nilphamari
The Daily Star Monday 14th February, 2011
The then East Pakistan sub divisional town Nilphamari joined the Language Movement of 1952 on 4 February. On that day, Muslim Chhatra League had centrally called a strike in all educational institutions of the eastern province demanding Bangla as a state language of Pakistan.During the strike, Urdu speaking sub divisional officer (SDO) Monwar Hossain misbehaved with Model High School headmaster Asiruddin Ahmed and Girls' High School headmaster Abu Nazem Mohammad Ali as they 'failed' to keep the students away from participating in the agitation.In protest against the verbal abuse by the SDO, students and teachers of all educational institutions in the town called a fresh strike for next three consecutive days on 8, 9 and 10 February. The protesters demanded Bangla as state language and remo...
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