Editing Language Movement Day (section)

==Commemoration==
{{See also|Shaheed Minar, Dhaka}}
To commemorate this movement, [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]], a solemn and symbolic sculpture, was erected in the place of the massacre.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Following the formation of the provincial government by the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] in April 1954, the anniversary of 21 February was declared a holiday.<ref name="Islam1994">{{cite book |last=Mamud |first=Hayat |editor-last=Islam |editor-first=Syed Manzoorul |editor-link=Syed Manzoorul Islam |chapter=This History of the Observance of Ekushey |title=Essays on Ekushey: The Language Movement 1952 |year=1994 |location=Dhaka |publisher=[[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]] |pages=78–79 |isbn=984-07-2968-3}}</ref> The day is revered in Bangladesh where it is a [[public holidays in Bangladesh|public holiday]] and, to a somewhat lesser extent, in [[West Bengal]] as the ''Martyrs' Day''.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

[[UNESCO]] decided to observe 21 February as [[International Mother Language Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsgram.com/commemorating-the-international-mother-language-day-february-21/ |title=Commemorating the International Mother Language Day- February 21 |date=21 February 2016 |website=NewsGram |language=en-US |access-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508093840/http://www.newsgram.com/commemorating-the-international-mother-language-day-february-21/ |archive-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> The UNESCO General Conference took the decision that took effect on 17 November 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement |title=Language Movement |website=Banglapedia |access-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033428/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement |archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> when it unanimously adopted a draft resolution submitted by Bangladesh and co-sponsored and supported by 28 other countries.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}