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21st February
21st February
 What is Ekushey February?

~Celebrating“ Ekushey February": Language Martyr's Day~ 21st February has become an iconic event for
Bengalis all over the world. It is more commonly referred to as Ekushey February or Ekushey, the day when
all Bengalis dress in black and white, murmuring songs of lament.

• Memorable day in our national history

• Observe the day every Year as INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
• The day is a National holiday
 Undivided Pakistan

• People pay tribute to the martyrs, on this day, who establish Bangla as a
state language in undivided Pakistan in 1952.
• The seed of the language movement was sown on 21 March 1948
Mohammad Ali Zinnah The Governor of Pakistan,1948

• At a public meeting in Dhaka

• Mohammad Ali Zinnah declared that Urdu would be the only official
language of Pakistan
 Language Movement

• The declaration raised a storm of protest in the East Pakistan

• The protest continued non- stop, gathering momentum day by day
• It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952
The government outlawed all sorts of
public meetings and rallies to prevent
movement
 • The students of Dhaka
University defied the law
• They brought out a peaceful
protest procession on 21
February 1952
• The procession reached
near Dhaka Medical
College
• The police opened fire
on the students
• They killed Salam,
Rafiq, Barkat and
Jabbar
 Outcomes

This kindled the sparks of

Independence Movement of
Bangladesh
 21st February –Shaheed Dibosh

• The occasion begins at the early hours of the day with

mourning songs
• People wear black badges and go to the Shaheed
Miner barefoot in procession, singing mourning songs
• They place wreaths at the Miner
 Azimpur Graveyard

People visit the graves of the

martyrs to pray for them
 UNESCO

• On 17 November in 1999 UNSECO proclaimed February 21 International

Mother Language Day
• In recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for the rightful place of
Bangla
• The Day observed worldwide annually
Amar Ekushey Book Fair
 Amar Ekushey Book Fair

The 21st February popularly known as The Ekushe boi mela is the national book fair of 
Bangladesh. It is arranged each year by Bangla Academy and takes place for the whole month
of February in Dhaka. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in a
demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state languages of former 
East Pakistan.

Why Ekushey Book Fair is Important?

Ekushey Book Fair is Important because this fair is devoted to the martyrs of 21st February of
1952 who has sacrificed their life for mother language. Now this book fair is not merely book
fair it also reflects the history and culture of Bangladesh. Ekushey Book Fairs holds such
importance that it is regarded as the cultural reunion of Bangladesh.
The first organization book fair and name selection
Muktodhara Publishing house started a little sale in front of
Bangla Academy in the 21 February 1972,[1] the Shaheed Day,
later International Mother Language Day.

 Bangla Academy took over organization of the fair in 1978. In

1984 it was named Amar Ekushey Book Fair.[3] Notably, in
1990s, another national book fair called Dhaka International
Book Fair was initiated. This book fair is organized by
government in February every year.

1. This fair visit many writer and poet. 2. They have different types of
stole. 3. Bangla academy also organize cultural program. 4. The prime
minister opening the book fire

 The fairs will remain open every day from 3pm to 8:30pm,
except for holidays. It will remain open on holidays from 11am
to 8pm and the fair will run from 8am to 9pm on the
International Mother Language Day – February 21.
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2018

Around 460 publishers have taken part at this year's

Ekushey Boi Mela
 Twenty three pavilions are expected to be set up in
Suhrawardy Udyan
 
One of the main attractions of this year is the release of
Mohammad Zafar Iqbal's new books, “Tobou Tuntuni
Tobou Chotachcho”, brought out by Pearl Publications;
“Pratina” from Somoy Prakashon and “Cyclone”
released from Tantralipi Prokash.
This year in 2018, some 3,000 freshly published
books are expected to grace the stalls and pavilions of
the fair. A total of 455 publishers are expected to have
participated this year.
  who started the fair as homage to the 1952 Language
Movement martyrs with 32 books from his publication
house- Muktodhara Prokashoni, would have been
proud!
 At least 15 foreign poets from eight different
countries will be present at the conference
 Book Category
Translation, School-College Books, Novel, Computers and outsourcing, Islamic, Books of West Bengal, Fiction,
Children's Books, Politics, Awarded book, Biography,, memorization and interview, Mystery, Horror, Thriller and,
Adventure, Liberation war, Medical, Engineering, Non-Fiction, etc.

BEST SELLER BOOKS IN 2018

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