Editing Bengali language movement (section)

===Dhirendranath Datta's proposal===
[[File:Dhirendranath datta.jpg|thumb|Dhirendranath was the key figure to raise the demand for [[Bangali]] with its [[Bengali script|traditional script]] as a state language in Pakistan assembly.]]
Assembly member [[Dhirendranath Datta]] proposed legislation in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] to allow members to speak in Bengali and authorise its use for official purposes.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Datta's proposal was supported by legislators Prem Hari Burman, [[Bhupendra Kumar Datta]] and Sris Chandra Chattaopadhyaya of East Bengal, as well as the people from the region.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Prime minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] and the Muslim League denounced the proposal as an attempt to divide the Pakistani people, thus the legislation was defeated.<ref name="Banglapedia" /><ref name="swadhinotajuddho">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Hasan Hafizur |title=Bangladesher Swadhinota juddher Dolilpotro |year=1982 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information, People's Republic of Bangladesh]] |oclc=416657937}}</ref>