Dhaka book fair , it's call in bangla “ekushey (21ST
) boi mela”. It's arrange in every year by Bangla Academy, during the whole
month Of February each year. Specialty is - whose had died(4 young protester ) in 1952 in Dhaka university by Pakistani police for mother language. like,salam, Rafique, jabbar,barkat also more-
who create vibrancy for Bengali language in the period of Pakistani government .this fair is Dedicated
for them. when fascist pakistani government said urdu is only language for all pakistan , but here in east pakistan (today bangladesh) was majority is bangali people , whose mother language was bangla. bangla was blood, bangla was soul. local people cannot tolerate the roll of brutal pakistani and then movement takes form.
About history have to say something-In 1947 when partition between Pakistan & india, the province Bengal was divided two parts: the western part became India and the eastern part is known as East Bengal which was later known as East Pakistan. At that time there were many economic, social and cultural issues including philological & linguistic issue. In 1948 when government announced Urdu Is only national language! it's sparked the protest among the Bengali speaking majority of Pakistan. The protest got out of control and ended with the death of four protesters who were shot by the police. The students' deaths during the fight for their mother language are now remembered as The International Mother Language Day .
That’s why all Bengali people participate from They are soul to this
book fair. that is history of 21 February. also foreign people arrive very well, this is not only commercial book fair, it’s recollecting
modern Bangali festival, heart of bangali culture . it’s create a chance of reunion of publisher & readers. Mention able
– no entry fee in this exhibition. Every day over thousands of people gather in
. Purchase they are mental utopia. lot of young lover gift each other here in
this field , like- loving Story books , poems book . kids gather for frictional
story books.
Around the fair decorated by banner, festoon, colored it’s
mean woo between people and culture. i will request to all country people and foreigner , don't miss whenever you get chance .