After the 14th of August, 1947,
the first political conflict between East and West Pakistan was triggered by
the question of the state language (Huq, 1992: 42). At that time, 56 percent of
Pakistan's population was talking about Bangla. On the other hand, only 6
percent of the West Pakistani people spoke Urdu in Urdu and only 3 percent of
both (East-West) Pakistanis spoke Urdu. But Pakistan's ruling party, the
'Public Service Commission of Pakistan' (CSP), removed Bangla imprint on the
currency and stamps of Pakistan to overthrow the Bengali language. Pakistan's most prominent language was Punjabi, Baluchi, Sindhi, and Pashto
(Pakistan)According to the Pakistani ruling group, the Urdu language was derived
from the holy Arabic and Persian languages and it was according to them that
the majority of the Islamic languages They further argue that the language of
Bangla language was derived from the Sanskrit language, which was the language
of the lower-lower caste religions. They continue to pretend that the Bengali
Muslims in East Pakistan are not real Muslims and they want to introduce them the language of Hindutva as a Muslim created from lower Hinduism, which was a
far-sighted 'Tamaddun Majlish' and its general secretary was Professor Abul
Kashem. It was a Bengali-Islamic cultural organization. The main defense of the
establishment of the Tamaddun Majlish was to establish Bangla as a state
language in the then Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah came to East Pakistan on
March 19, 1948, to resolve the intensity of language movement. It is to be
noted that after the formation of Pakistan's state, till his death in 1948,
Jinnah traveled only once to East Pakistan. Jinnah presented the following
statements in Suhrawardy Udyan on 21st March 1948:
`In
a civic reception at Racecourse maidan, Jinnah blamed that the Language issue
was designed by a “fifth column” (the group of people who undermine a larger
group) to divide Pakistani Muslims: Jinnah further Declared that “Urdu and only
Urdu shall be stated language of Pakistan” embodied the spirit of Muslim
nations and would remain as the state language: He called those “Enemies of
Pakistan” who disagreed with his views’.On 21 March 1948, Jinnah said in the gathering of three lakh people in Dhaka: ''without
one State Language, no nation can remain tied up solidly together and function:
Look at the history of other countries: Therefore, so far as the State Language
is concerned, Pakistan’s language shall be Urdu: and the Urdu shall be the state language of Pakistan”.In
Jinnah, the demand for state language Bangla was a plot of "Fifth The column", according to him, a movement of a relatively small group
organized against a large group of people. Those who are protesting against the
concerned state of the enemy of a nation (the indication of India). The
movement of "Fifth Column" can be openly or confidential, with the help of which can carry out external military attacks in any country.
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