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After the partition of British India in 1947, the Language Movement was
launched at the beginning of 1948, Sheikh Hasina said, adding Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was closely associated with the
movement from the very beginning.

In this regard the prime minister underlined some quotes from book, “Secret
Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.”

A weekly secret report issued from Faridpur SP office as mentioned in the
book, says, an all-out Hartal was called in Gopalganj on the March 16, 1948
protesting the arrest of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she said quoting the book.

The book stated that in the afternoon, students of S.N. Academy and M.N.
Institute brought out a protest rally in the town chanting ‘We demand Bangla
as State Language’, Down with Nizamuddin, ‘Set Mujib Free’.

On January 4, 1949, a ‘Protest Day against Oppression’ was observed in
Dhaka. On this occasion, a meeting was held on the campus of Dhaka University
with the presence of students from different other institutions, the premier
quoted the book again.

Referring to `Unfinished Memoirs of Bangabandhu’, Sheikh Hasina stated that
the decision of observing February 21, 1952 as State Language Day was taken
in a secret meeting held at a cabin of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Ailing Bangabandhu was admitted in the cabin, Sheikh Hasina, eldest
daughter of Bangabandhu, she said.

Sheikh Hasina said, “It is a matter of great pleasure for Bangalee nation
that the book “The Unfinished Memoirs by Bangabandhu” has been translated
into many languages across the world.

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