Today, on 21 February, is being celebrated as 'International Mother Language Day' all over the world. This day is celebrated to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism in the world, as well as to spread awareness related to mother tongues. But what is the history behind this day? Why did UNESCO declare this day as International Day?

In fact, on this day in 1952 students of Dhaka University and some social activists staged a protest to maintain the existence of their mother tongue. The protest quickly turned into a massacre when the then Pakistan government police opened fire on the protesters. In this accident, 16 persons died. In 1999, UNESCO announced for the first time the International Mother Language Day to commemorate the martyrs of this major language movement. It can be said that this day is celebrated in the world today due to the love of the mother tongue of Bangla speakers.

This year, the 21st International Mother Language Day is being celebrated. According to UNESCO, 6000 languages are spoken worldwide. Talking about India, according to the census of 1961, 1652 languages are spoken here. Out of these, the mother tongue of 42.2 crore persons is Hindi. There are 29 languages in India, the number of speakers is more than 1 million. There are 7 languages spoken in India, whose number of speakers is more than one lakh. There are 122 such languages in India, the number of speakers of which is more than 10 thousand.

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