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The 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu, or the 7/3 Speech (Bengali: সাতই মার্চের ভাষণ, romanized: Sāta'i Mārcēra Bhāṣaṇa), was a public speech given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh on 7 March 1971 at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka to a gathering of over one million (1,000,000) people. [1]
Rahman informed the assembly that he would deliver the speech in Bengali; Algerian head of state Houari Boumédiène asked him to speak in English, but he refused. [1] At the time, speeches were not made in languages other than Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish (the official languages of the United Nations). [3] [5]
The Bengali language movement [a] was a political movement in East Bengal [b] (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and ...
The 1962 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) education movement was a movement by students against the education policy recommended by the Sharif Commission, official name Commission on National Education, [1] to President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. The policy would have made English and Urdu mandatory subjects. [2]
Independence Day is commonly associated with parades, political speeches, fairs, concerts, ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history and traditions of Bangladesh. TV and radio stations broadcast special programs and patriotic songs in honor of Independence Day.
A Bangladesh education system chart. The main education system is divided into three levels: Pre-primary level (class k-2) [18] Primary level (class 3–8) [18] Secondary level (class 9–12) [19] Tertiary level [20] At all levels of schooling, students can choose to receive their education either in English or Bengali. [21]
The Language Movement Day (Bengali: ভাষা আন্দোলন দিবস, romanized: Bhāṣā Āndōlôn Dibôs), officially called Language Martyrs' Day (Bengali: শহীদ দিবস, romanized: Śôhīd Dibôs), is a national holiday of Bangladesh taking place on 21 February each year and commemorating the Bengali language movement and its martyrs.
A majority of Bangladesh's Muslim population has had some form of formal or informal education in the reading, writing, and pronunciation of the Arabic language as part of their religious education. Arabic has also influenced the Bengali language greatly, [ 11 ] thus it is not uncommon to hear Arabic terminology in Bangladeshi speeches and rallies.