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===Liaquat Ali Khan's visit to Dhaka=== On November 18, 1948, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] visited East Pakistan. On November 27, he addressed a student meeting at the playground of Dhaka University. In that meeting, the demand for Bengali language in the certificate issued by the Dhaka University Central Student Union was again raised, but he refrained from making any comments. In a meeting of the National Language Working Council held under the chairmanship of Ataur Rahman Khan on November 17, [[Aziz Ahmad (novelist)|Aziz Ahmad]], [[Abul Kashem]], [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], [[Kamruddin Ahmed]], [[Abdul Mannan (politician, born 1929)|Abdul Mannan]], [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] and others drafted a memorandum and sent it to Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. The Prime Minister did not respond to this either.<ref name=VAAncholicItihash-P5-P27>{{cite book |script-title=bn:ভাষা আন্দোলনের আঞ্চলিক ইতিহাস (Bhasha Andolaner Ancholik Itihash, Regional history of language movement) |last1=Malek |first1=Abdul |editor-first1=Abu Muhammad Delwar |editor-last1=Hossain |year=2000 |publisher=Selina Hossain, Director, Research Compendium Department of Folklore, [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]] |location=Dhaka |isbn=984-07-4045-8 |pages=5–27 }}</ref><ref name=Islam>{{cite book |last1=Islam |first1=Rafiqul |title=Amar Ekushey O Shohid Minar (আমার একুশে ও শহীদ মিনার, My Ekhushey (21st) and Martyr's Monument) |year=2000 |publisher=Poroma |location=Dhaka |language=bn |isbn=984-8245-39-1 |pages=62–85 }}</ref>
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