Artistic depictions of the Bengali Language Movement

Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located near Dhaka Medical College, commemorates the struggle for Bengali language
Moder Gorob, a commemorative sculpture at Bangla Academy

The Bengali Language Movement was a political effort in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that advocated the adoption of Bengali as an official language. The movement faced violent opposition by the government before finally succeeding. Numerous songs, poems, novels and plays were written to commemorate the movement, as well as films and memoirs.

Songs

Poems

Novels

Films

Stage play

See also


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