Proclamation of International Mother Language Day
Question
Consider the following statements:
- 1.
21st February is declared to be the International Mother Language Day by UNICEF.
- 2.
The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languages was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.
Options
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect because International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999, not by UNICEF. Statement 2 is correct because Dhirendranath Datta formally raised the demand to include Bangla alongside Urdu as an official language in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in 1948. This movement eventually culminated in the language protests of February 21, 1952. > International Mother Language Day commemorates the 1952 Bengali Language Movement, a demand originally voiced in Pakistan's Constituent Assembly. Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2021
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q50
Subject
Current Affairs
Sub-topic
International Days & Institutions
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Hard
Nature
Static
Source hint
UNESCO Framework / History of Bangladesh partition
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