Students and activists in Dhaka protested the exclusion of Bengali as a state language of Pakistan. Police killed demonstrators, including students, and the movement became a defining struggle for linguistic recognition and political equality in East Pakistan. The episode exposed how postcolonial state borders could reproduce centralization and cultural hierarchy.
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What was a central issue in the 1952 Bengali Language Movement?
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Students protested the exclusion of Bengali and demanded linguistic recognition in Pakistan.
The 1952 language movement in Dhaka demanded recognition of Bengali.
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Protesters opposed Bengali’s exclusion as a state language and faced police violence.