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International Mother Language Day 2024

In pictures: From Benapole-Petrapole border to Deshapriya Park, torch rallies, songs and sweets mark Bhasha Divas functions

Language martyrs remembered at functions on Kolkata streets and parks to India-Bangladesh border

By My Kolkata Web Desk | Published 21.02.24, 07:23 PM
1/7 Hundreds of people walked in a torch rally near the Academy of Fine Arts on Tuesday midnight to mark Bhasha Divas on Wednesday

Hundreds of people walked in a torch rally near the Academy of Fine Arts on Tuesday midnight to mark Bhasha Divas on Wednesday

Soumyajit Dey
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2/7 Bangladesh deputy high commissioner Andalib Elias, along with consular staff, placed a floral wreath at Shahid Minar on the mission premises before taking out a ‘prabhat pheri’ (morning rally) from Bangladesh Library & Information Centre to Bangladesh deputy high commission to mark the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day on Wednesday. The Bangladesh flag was flown at half mast

Bangladesh deputy high commissioner Andalib Elias, along with consular staff, placed a floral wreath at Shahid Minar on the mission premises before taking out a ‘prabhat pheri’ (morning rally) from Bangladesh Library & Information Centre to Bangladesh deputy high commission to mark the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day on Wednesday. The Bangladesh flag was flown at half mast

Suvendu Das
3/7 Teachers, students, alumni and non-teaching employees of St Xavier’s College took part in a torch rally from the college hostel to the college on Wednesday

Teachers, students, alumni and non-teaching employees of St Xavier’s College took part in a torch rally from the college hostel to the college on Wednesday

Arnab Dutta
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4/7 Citizens of India and Bangladesh greeted one another and exchanged pots full of sweets as a customary gesture during the International Mother Language Day celebrations on no-man’s land at the Petrapole-Benapole border on Wednesday. Personnel of Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh took part in the ceremony

Citizens of India and Bangladesh greeted one another and exchanged pots full of sweets as a customary gesture during the International Mother Language Day celebrations on no-man’s land at the Petrapole-Benapole border on Wednesday. Personnel of Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh took part in the ceremony

S Satyajit
5/7 The martyrs’ altar was bedecked with flowers at Deshapriya Park on Wednesday before the state programme to mark Bhasha Divas and (right) a woman preps another’s hairdo

The martyrs’ altar was bedecked with flowers at Deshapriya Park on Wednesday before the state programme to mark Bhasha Divas and (right) a woman preps another’s hairdo

Amit Datta
6/7 (Clockwise from top) Chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a clutch of personalities such as Mamata Shankar, Sayantika Banerjee and Subrata Bakshi to pay floral respects to the language martyrs on Bhasha Divas at Deshapriya Park on Wednesday

(Clockwise from top) Chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a clutch of personalities such as Mamata Shankar, Sayantika Banerjee and Subrata Bakshi to pay floral respects to the language martyrs on Bhasha Divas at Deshapriya Park on Wednesday

Amit Datta
7/7 Singer-lyricist-composer Protul Mukhopadhyay performs at the Bhasha Divas state programme at Deshapriya Park

Singer-lyricist-composer Protul Mukhopadhyay performs at the Bhasha Divas state programme at Deshapriya Park

Amit Datta
Tags: International Mother Language Day 2024 martyrs East Pakistan Bangladesh Bengali Kolkata West Bengal Border Security Force (BSF) Protul Mukhopadhyay Mamata Banerjee
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