Editing Bengali language movement (section)

===Proposal by Language Committee===
[[File:MohammadAkramKhan.jpg|thumb|East Bengal Language Committee headed by [[Muhammad Akram Khan]] recommended writing Bengali through Arabic characters.]]
Shortly thereafter, the East Bengal Language Committee, presided by [[Mohammad Akram Khan|Maulana Akram Khan]], was formed by the East Bengal government to prepare a report on the language problem.<ref name="ciil-ebooks.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/benling/chapter4.html |title=Chapter 4: Other Activities |last=Mandal |first=Ranita |date=24 June 2002 |work=Muhammad Shahidullah & His Contribution To Bengali Linguistics |publisher=Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India |access-date=23 June 2007}}</ref>

At 1949, Language Committee of the East-Bengal Government conducted a survey among teachers, intellectuals, high civil servants, members of the Legislative Council, according to which, out of 301 respondents, 96 favoured the introduction of the Arabic script, 18 the Roman script and 187 gave opinion in favour of the retention of the Bengali script. Besides, many people did not give any answer.<ref name=BAH/>

The committee produced its report by 6 December 1950; but it was not published before 1958.  Here an effective measure was proposed by the government to solve the language problem, where they recommended writing Bengali through Arabic characters.{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}}<ref>{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}} [[Daily Azad]], 24 May 1950</ref>