Bengali language movementThe Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the Dominion of Pakistan. The movement wanted to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and stamps, and to maintain its writing in the Bengali alphabet and Bengali script.
East BengalFormer province of the Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1956) East Bengalمشرقی بنگال (Urdu)পূর্ব বাংলা (Bengali)Province of the Dominion of Pakistan1947–1956 Emblem Location of Bangladesh (then East Bengal) in green and present-day Pakistan (then the Western wing of the country) in light greenCapitalDaccaDemonymBengaliPopulation • 1955 45,767,684 Government • TypeProvincial government LegislatureLegislative AssemblyHistory • Second Partition of Bengal 15 August 1947• Renamed as East Pakistan 29 February 1956 Preceded by Succeeded by Bengal Province Assam Province East Pakistan Today part of Bangladesh Part of a series on theHistory of Bangladesh Etymology Timeline Traditional Urheimat Ancient Neolithic 7600 - 3300 BCE Bronze Age 3300 – 1200 BCE Pundra kingdom c.1280 – c. 300 BCE Iron Age 1200 – 200 BCE Vanga kingdom c.1100 – c. 340 BCE House of Vijaya 543 BCE - 66 CE Northern Culture 700 – 200 BCE Gangaridai c. 350 – c. 300 BCE Nanda Dynasty c. 345 BCE– c. 322 BCE Mauryan Empire 325 – 185 BCE Samatata kingdom c. 232 BCE – 800 AD Shunga and Kushan c. 185 BCE – c. 75 CE Southwestern Silk Road c. 114 BCE – c. 1450 CE Indo-Roman trade relations c. 30 BCE – c. 600 CE Gupta Empire 240 – 550 CE Kamarupa kingdom 350 – 1140 CE Medieval Jaintia Kingdom 500 – 1835 CE Gauda Kingdom 590 – 626 CE Laur kingdom 600 - 1565 CE Harikela kingdom 600 - 650 CE Gour Kingdom 600 – 1303 CE Khadga dynasty 650 – 750 CE Bhadra dynasty c. 700s CE Pala Empire 750 – 1100 CE Chandra dynasty 900 – 1050 CE Sena dynasty 1070 – 1320 CE Deva dynasty 1100 – 1250 CE Muslim conquest 1202 CE Khaljis of Bengal 1204 - 1231 CE Taraf Kingdom c. 1200s – c. 1600s CE Bhulua Kingdom 1203 – 1600s CE Delhi Sultanate 1204 – 1338 CE Mamluk Dynasty 1206 – 1290 CE Khalji Dynasty 1290 – 1320 CE Tugluq Dynasty 1320 – 1338,1342 CECity State Sultanates Sonargaon 1338 – 1352 CE Lakhnauti/Gauda 1342 – 1352 CE Satagon/Saptagram 1342 – 1352 CE Twipra Kingdom c. 1400 – 1949 CE Bengal Sultanate 1352 – 1576 CE Ilyas Shahi dynasty 1342 – 1487 CE House of Ganesha 1414 – 1436 CE Habshi dynasty 1487 – 1494 CE Hussein Shahi 1494 – 1538 CE Suri Interruption 1539 – 1554 CE Muhammad Shahi 1554 – 1564 CE Karrani dynasty 1564 – 1576 CE Pratapgarh Kingdom 1489 – 1700s CE Early Modern Koch Kingdom 1515 – 1956 CE Suri Dynasty 1540 – 1556 CE Baro-Bhuyans 1550 – 1620 CE Portuguese settlement in Chittagong 1528 – 1666 CE Kingdom of Mrauk U 1530 – 1666 CE Mughal Empire 1576 – 1717 CE Bengal Subah 1576 – 1717 CE Rajshahi Raj c. 1700s - 1950 CE Zamindars 1700s - 1900s CE Pratapaditya Kingdom 1602 – 1611 CE Sitaram Ray Kingdom 1688 – 1714 CE Nawabs of Bengal 1717 – 1757 CE Maratha Invasions 1742 - 1751 CE Afghan insurrections 1745 - 1750 CE Siege of Calcutta 1756 CE Shamsher Gazi's Kingdom 1748 – 1760 CE Company Raj 1757 – 1858 CE Bengal famine of 1770 1770 CE Bengal Renaissance 1772 - 1913 CE Faraizi movement 1818 – 1884 CE The Great Rebellion 1857 – 1858 CE Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya 1830 – 1831 CE Titumir's rebellion 1830s CE British Raj 1858 – 1947 CE First Partition of Bengal 1905 CE Bengal and Assam 1905 - 1912 CE Bengal famine of 1943 1943 CE Bengali Prime Minister 1937 - 1947 CE Noakhali riots 1946 CE Modern East Bengal 1947 – 1955 CE Second Partition of Bengal 1947 CE East Bengali refugees 1947 CE Bengali language movement 1948 – 1956 CE East Pakistan 1955 – 1971 CE 1964 East Pakistan riots 1964 CE Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 1965 CE Six Point movement 1966 CE 1969 Mass uprising 1969 CE General election 1970 CE Non-cooperation 1971 CE Liberation War 1971 CE Declaration of Independence 1971 CE Provisional Government 1971 – 1972 CE Bangladesh genocide 1971 CE Victory Day of Bangladesh 1971 CE Contemporary Constituent Assembly 1972 CE Constitution 1972 CE Insurgency 1972 – 1975 CE Bangladesh famine 1974 CE BaKSAL era 1975 CE Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 1975 CE Jail Killing 1975 CE Military coups 1975 - 2011 CE Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict 1977 - 1997 CE 1990 mass uprising 1990 CE Caretaker government 1996 CE Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord 1997 CE 2006–08 Political crisis 2006–2008 CEHasina era 2009–2024 CE Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh 2008 CE Bangladesh Rifles revolt 2009 CE International Crimes Tribunal 2009 CE Shahbag protests 2013 CE Shapla Square protests 2013 CE 2013 Quota reform movement 2013 CE 2015 Political crisis 2015 CE 2018 Road-safety protests 2018 CE 2018 Quota reform movement 2018 CE Smart Bangladesh2022 CE July uprising 2024 CE Aftermath of the July uprising 2024 – 2026 CE Related articles Timeline of Bangladeshi history Bangladeshi art Bengali literature Bangladesh portalvte This article is part of the seriesFormer administrative units of Pakistan Original provinces Baluchistan East Bengal Governor of East Bengal North-West Frontier Province Sind West Punjab Princely states Amb Bahawalpur Chitral Dir Hunza Kalat Khairpur Kharan Lasbela Makran Nagar Phulra Swat One-unit provinces East Pakistan West Pakistan Other subdivisions Gilgit Agency Trans-Karakoram Tract Federal Capital Territory Federally Administered Tribal Areas vte East Bengal (/bɛnˈɡɔːl/; Bengali: পূর্ব বাংলা/পূর্ববঙ্গ Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo) was the easternmost and non-contiguous province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh.
Shaheed Minar, DhakaThe Shaheed Minar (Bengali: শহীদ মিনারromanised: 'Shohid Minar' lit.'The Martyr Tower') is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali language movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan.
Dominion of PakistanToday part ofPakistanBangladeshIndiaThe Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, was the Pakistani state between 1947 and 1956, when it existed as an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations. It was established on 14 August 1947 when it was created from British India under the Indian Independence Act 1947 of the British parliament, which also established an independent Dominion of India on 15 August.
Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.
DhakaDhaka ( DAH-kə or DAK-ə; Bengali: ঢাকা, romanized: Ḍhākā, pronounced [ˈɖʱaka] ), formerly spelled as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With an estimated population of 36.6 million, Dhaka is the second largest city by population in the world, and is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia.
UrduIndo-Aryan languageUrdu (اُرْدُو, urdū, ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and an official language of India, where its status and cultural heritage are recognised by the Constitution of India. It also has official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states). Urdu and Hindi are closely related.
Partition of IndiaThe partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and the Punjab, based on district-wide non-Muslim (mostly Hindu and Sikh) or Muslim majorities.
BangladeshBangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an area of 148,461 square kilometres (57,321 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast.
KarachiKarachi is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 11th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. Situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast, Karachi formerly served as the federal capital from 1947 to 1959.
Romanisation of BengaliRomanisation of Bengali is the representation of written Bengali in the Latin script. Various romanisation systems for Bengali are used, most of which do not perfectly represent Bengali phonology. While different standards for romanisation have been proposed for Bengali, none has been adopted with the same degree of uniformity as Japanese or Sanskrit.
Official languageAn official language is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as "the language or one of the languages that is accepted by a country's government, is taught in schools, used in the courts of law, etc." Depending on the decree, the establishment of an official language might also place restrictions on the use of other languages in those capacities. Designated rights of an official language can be created in written form or by historic usage.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.