International Mother Language Day was celebrated with due dignity in various places of West Bengal including Kolkata. The heroic martyrs of the mother tongue movement in Bangladesh in 1952 have been remembered with reverence.
Various social and cultural organizations of Kolkata have organized various programs on the occasion of the day. Apart from this, various programs are being celebrated at the initiative of Bengali speakers from different states including Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
This program organized by Bhasha Chetna Samiti has entered its 23rd year. 100 artists joined the event. On Sunday morning, a morning ferry left the Bangladesh Sub-High Commission Library in the Park Circus area of Kolkata.
After that, the day started with the laying of wreaths at the Shaheed Minar built by the Sub-High Commission. The red-green flag of Bangladesh is kept at half-mast. A short cultural program was organized in the afternoon due to the corona. Besides, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim and others laid wreaths at the Shaheed Minar of Bahashahid Udyan at Birla Planetarium premises in Kolkata.
Wreaths were laid at the Martyrs' Memorial at Bhasha Udyan in Curzon Park, Kolkata. University students draw alpana on the road.
Discussion meetings, morning ferries and cultural events are organized. Visva-Bharati students take out the morning ferry in the morning. Cultural programs were also organized at Bangladesh Bhaban.
Apart from this, the day is also celebrated with due dignity in various cities and villages of West Bengal. The day is also celebrated in a grand manner in Babla village of Murshidabad by the linguist Barkat. Morning ferry is held in the morning. Discussion meetings and cultural programs are organized in the afternoon.
