Artistic depictions of the Bengali Language Movement

Main article: Bengali Language Movement

Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located near Dhaka Medical College, commemorates the struggle for Bengali language

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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

• Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano (My Brothers Blood Spattered) by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
• Ora Amar Mukher Kotha (They are my Words) by Abdul Latif
• Ekushey February (21 February) by Kabir Suman

Poems

• Kadte Ashini Fashir Dabi Niye Ashechi (I have not come to mourn but to appeal for hanging) by Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury
• Bornomala, Amar Dukhini Bornomala by Shamsur Rahman
• February 1969 by Shamsur Rahman
• Amake ki malyo debe dao by Nirmalendu Goon
• Chithi by Abu Zafar Obaidullah
• Shobhyotar Monibondhe by Syed Shamsul Haque

Novels

• Ekushey February by Zahir Raihan
• Artonaad by Shawkat Osman
• Nirontor Ghontadhoni by Selina Hossain

Films

• Jibon Theke Neya (Taken from Life) directed by Zahir Raihan

Stage play

• Kobor (Grave) by Munier Chowdhury

See also

• Artistic depictions of Bangladesh Liberation War