Editing Bengali language movement (section)

===India===
Apart from Bangladesh, there was also a movement in the Indian state of [[Assam]] to give equal status to the Bengali language. On May 19, 1961, at [[Silchar railway station]], 11 Bengalis were martyred by police firing while demanding the recognition of Bengali as a state language. Later, Bengali was granted the status of a semi-official language in three districts of Assam where the Bengali-speaking population is predominant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Gautam |date=2008-03-20 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Jharkhand {{!}} Court route for language status |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080520/jsp/jharkhand/story_9294570.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118171741/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080520/jsp/jharkhand/story_9294570.jsp |archive-date=2012-01-18 |access-date=2012-01-18 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> The states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]] in India celebrate 21 February as Language Movement Day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-21|title=Tripura, Bangladesh celebrate international mother language day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/tripura-bangladesh-celebrate-international-mother-language-day/articleshow/11981174.cms |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-21 |title=This day, that year: When they gave away their lives for mother tongue |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/blogs/this-day-that-year-when-they-gave-away-their-lives-for-mother-tongue/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>