Editing Bengali language movement (section)

===Constitutional status as a state language===
[[File:Emblem of Pakistan (1954-1972).svg|thumb|[[State emblem of Pakistan]] was adopted with Bengali translation of the national motto [[Faith, Unity, Discipline]].]]
With the defeat of the Muslim League in the East Bengal assembly elections, the central government became flexible in recognising Bengali as the state language of Pakistan along with Urdu. At least a few thousand people protested in the National Assembly on April 22 against the decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PAKISTANIS IN RIOT ON LANGUAGE ISSUE|date=23 April 1954|newspaper=New York Times}} {{ProQuest|113105078}}</ref>

On 7 May 1954, the constituent assembly resolved, with the Muslim League's support, to grant official status to Bengali.<ref name="Pakspace" /> Bengali was adopted as an official language of Pakistan along with Urdu in the article 214(1) when the first [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|constitution of Pakistan]] was enacted on 29 February 1956.<ref name="bashir608613" /> [[Mohammad Ali Bogra]] raised the language related clauses of the constitution in Parliament. According to the clauses, Bengali language was given equal recognition as state language like Urdu. In Parliament and the Legislative Assembly, besides Urdu and English, there was an opportunity to speak in Bengali. The constitution also provided opportunities for higher education in Bengali.<ref>{{cite news|title=PAKISTANIS MAKE BENGALI OFFICIAL: East Zone Tongue Is Raised to Status Equal to Urdu, the Western Language|first=John|last=Callahan|date=8 May 1954|newspaper=New York Times}} {{ProQuest|112939727}}</ref>

However, the military government formed by [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] made attempts to re-establish Urdu as the sole national language. On 6 January 1959, the military regime issued an official statement and reinstated the official stance of supporting the 1956 constitution's policy of two state languages.<ref name="lambert">{{cite journal
|last = Lambert |first = Richard D.
|title = Factors in Bengali Regionalism in Pakistan |journal = Far Eastern Survey |publisher= Institute of Pacific Relations |volume = 28
|issue = 4 |date=April 1959 |issn = 0362-8949 | pages =49–58
|doi = 10.2307/3024111
|jstor = 3024111}}</ref>