Government Bangla College ( bn, সরকারি বাঙলা কলেজ) is a

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located in the northwest part of the capital city of

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.The college was established in 1962 by Principal

Abul Kashem Mohammad Abul Kashem (known as Principal Abul Kashem, 28 June 1920 – 11 March 1991) is generally considered as a pioneer and the architect of the historic Language Movement of Bangladesh. He was also a politician, author and an eminent educa ...

to promote the use of the

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in higher education and to establish the language in all spheres of national life of Bengalis. It is affiliated with the

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History

Soon after the historical Language Movement, in 1956 Bangla was recognized as one of the state languages of

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, in the country's first Constitution. Shortly thereafter, Principal

, former professor of

and pioneer of the Bengali Language Movement, realized that Bangla is neglected in every different field in Pakistan. In 1960, in a meeting for

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at University of Dhaka, he said “Even before West Pakistan was formed, they had established Urdu Colleges to make

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

in 2017.

Academic departments

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Official website

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