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===Proposal for Romanisation of Bengali=== [[File:Qudrat Khuda.jpg|thumb|right|[[Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda]] proposed the romanisation of Bengali in the early stage of language movement.]] During that time, [[romanisation of Bengali]] was also proposed along with other proposals regarding the determination of the state language of Pakistan.<ref name="ES"/><ref name=BAH>[[Bashir Al Helal]], [https://doc.liberationwarbangladesh.net/books/yztg/#p=584 History of the Language Movement, forthcoming publication, February 1995, pp. 685-692]</ref> After 1947, many other East Pakistani academics, including [[Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda]] and Nazirul Islam Mohammad Sufian, supported the idea of writing Bengali in Roman script.<ref name=BAH/> In 1948, Mohammad Ferdous Khan opposed it in his pamphlet "The language problem of today".<ref name=BAH/> Abul Fazl Muhammad Akhtar-ud-Din supported the Roman alphabet in his article entitled "Bangla Bornomalar Poribortton" (বাংলা বর্ণমালার পরিবর্ত্তন, Changes in the Bengali Alphabet) published in [[Daily Azad]] on 18 April 1949.<ref name=BAH/> The romanisation proposal continued on even after 1952. In 1957, the East Pakistan Education Commission recommended the use of the revised Roman script in adult education.<ref name=BAH/> Around 1957–1958, there was a significant demand for the use of Roman letters again. At that time [[Muhammad Abdul Hye|Muhammad Abdul Hai]] and [[Muhammad Enamul Haque]] opposed it.<ref name=BAH/>
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