Problems of National Integration Between East and West Pakistan
Problems of National Integration between
East and West Pakistan
Purpose of this section
This section covers the problems of national integration between East and West Pakistan. It introduces candidates to the:
Language Movement
Emerging disparities between the two wings of Pakistan, in terms of economic development, deface and other sectors.
Summary
Between 1947 and 1956, the language issue created tension between the people of East and West Pakistan. But it was only one example of the many justices which the people of East Pakistan had to suffer at the time.
1947 October: Formation of Rashtra Bhasha Sangram Parishad.
1948 21 and 24 March: Announcement by Jinnah- Urdu alone should be the state Language- leading to protest.
1949 9 March: Formation of the Purbo Bangla Bhasha Committee.
1952 21 February: Language Movement- protests and killings.
1956 Bangla given the status of one of the state languages in the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan.
Timeline showing the problems of integration between the two wings of Pakistan.
1. September 1947: Conference Supporting Bangla
Perhaps the first significant event in the Language Movement was in September 1947 when youth workers in East Pakistan held a conference in Dhaka with Tasadduk Hossain as President. This conference Passed a resolution calling for Bangla to be accepted as the language of the officces and the law courts and as the medium of instruction in East Pakistan. Shortly afterwards, a cultural organisation called Tamuddin Majlish called for Bangla to be made one of the state languages alongside Urdu. This call came in a booklet written by Professor Abul Kashem, who asked for all citizens of East Pakistan to join the Language Movement.
2. October 1947: An Organised Structure
In October 1947, Tamuddin Majlish formed a Rashtrabhasha Sangram Parishad to give the movement an organised structure. Nurul Haq Bhuyan was convener of this Sangram Parishad and a number of meetings held, such as
East and West Pakistan
Purpose of this section
This section covers the problems of national integration between East and West Pakistan. It introduces candidates to the:
Language Movement
Emerging disparities between the two wings of Pakistan, in terms of economic development, deface and other sectors.
Summary
Between 1947 and 1956, the language issue created tension between the people of East and West Pakistan. But it was only one example of the many justices which the people of East Pakistan had to suffer at the time.
1947 October: Formation of Rashtra Bhasha Sangram Parishad.
1948 21 and 24 March: Announcement by Jinnah- Urdu alone should be the state Language- leading to protest.
1949 9 March: Formation of the Purbo Bangla Bhasha Committee.
1952 21 February: Language Movement- protests and killings.
1956 Bangla given the status of one of the state languages in the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan.
Timeline showing the problems of integration between the two wings of Pakistan.
1. September 1947: Conference Supporting Bangla
Perhaps the first significant event in the Language Movement was in September 1947 when youth workers in East Pakistan held a conference in Dhaka with Tasadduk Hossain as President. This conference Passed a resolution calling for Bangla to be accepted as the language of the officces and the law courts and as the medium of instruction in East Pakistan. Shortly afterwards, a cultural organisation called Tamuddin Majlish called for Bangla to be made one of the state languages alongside Urdu. This call came in a booklet written by Professor Abul Kashem, who asked for all citizens of East Pakistan to join the Language Movement.
2. October 1947: An Organised Structure
In October 1947, Tamuddin Majlish formed a Rashtrabhasha Sangram Parishad to give the movement an organised structure. Nurul Haq Bhuyan was convener of this Sangram Parishad and a number of meetings held, such as