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Bengal observes International Mother Language Day
(G.N.S) DT.22 Processions, lighting of torches, cultural programmes marked Language Martyrs’ Day (now celebrated as International Mother Language Day), as West Bengal paid homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of the Bengali language in Dhaka (of then East Pakistan) in 1952. Taking the lead in remembering the martyrs, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said one