About IMLD

Shaheed Minar
The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is on 21st February and was proclaimed by the General Conference of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 1999. The event began being observed since February 2000 throughout the world to promote linguistic, cultural diversity and multilingualism.

IMLD originated to recognize the language movement day in Bangladesh, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952 to remember the students' sacrifice in fighting for the right to use their mother language.

To know more about IMLD and background please visit UN page and Wiki page. The photo by (CC) Mostaque Ahammed shows the "Shaheed Minar", located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, built in the memory of the mother language martyrs.