Language Movement Day 2025

In Bangladesh the 21st of February 2025 is Language Movement Day, also known as Language Martyrs’ Day. It takes place on the same day as the International Mother Language Day. This national Martyrs’ Day is a remembrance for the struggle of people in Bangladesh, fighting for the protection of their mother language Bengali.

In 1952 protests and procession were held by students to march against the Pakistani government. They had declared Urdu as the further only national language. Some of the students even died during the protests for Bengali. Due to the Bengali Language Movement in 1956 the new constitution said that there were two official languages and Bengali survived.

More dates:

• Language Movement Day on Feb 21, 2026 in Bangladesh
• Language Movement Day on Feb 21, 2027
• Language Movement Day on Feb 21, 2028