SILCHAR: The 52nd anniversary of language martyrdom was observed throughout Barak Valley on Saturday with full enthusiasm. People from various walks of life paid tribute to the martyrs. On this day in 1961 ten young men and a woman fell to the bullets of the state police fighting for the cause of their mother tongue, Bengali, at Silchar railway station on May 19.
The 11 brave young men and women along with thousand other agitators had been protesting during the historic language movement against imposition of Assamese language on the Bengali-speaking populace of Barak Valley. The controversial circular was however later withdrawn.
In Silchar, at 6.30 am on Saturday hundreds of people including students, cultural activists, people from the field of education and social activities, political leaders, senior officials of Cachar district administration paid floral tribute to the martyrs at the Silchar railway station, the place of police firing on May 19, 1961. Bunches of Krishnachura, a red-coloured-flower of spring, made the venue look all the more beautiful.
At 8 am, they paid tribute at the Martyrs Column at Silchar crematorium and at 2.35 pm, the actual time of firing, hundreds of people gathered at the martyrs' memorial at Gandhi Bag to pay homage.
Reports said similar programmes were organized in Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of the valley, in some parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Three towns of Silchar, Karimganj and Hailakandi hosted series of cultural programmes throughout the day where renowned artistes from Bengal and Bangladesh, apart from locals performed. A number of Dhaka and Kolkata-based eminent personalities from the fields of literature, education and journalism joined this year's celebrations of martyrs' day in Silchar.
On Friday, the eve of the martyrs' day, cultural activists took out processions in Silchar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. Artistes, including those from Assam University, Silchar, decorated the Park Road area of the town in front of Martyrs Column with alpana.
The programme was centrally organized by Sammilita Sanskritik Manch, a platform of different cultural organizations, Bhasha Sahid Station Smaran Samiti and Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sanmilan. The organizers' demanded rechristening of the Silchar railway station as Bhasa Shahid (Language Martyrs') station and making the Meharotra Commission's report probing the incident of firing.
The 11 brave young men and women along with thousand other agitators had been protesting during the historic language movement against imposition of Assamese language on the Bengali-speaking populace of Barak Valley. The controversial circular was however later withdrawn.
In Silchar, at 6.30 am on Saturday hundreds of people including students, cultural activists, people from the field of education and social activities, political leaders, senior officials of Cachar district administration paid floral tribute to the martyrs at the Silchar railway station, the place of police firing on May 19, 1961. Bunches of Krishnachura, a red-coloured-flower of spring, made the venue look all the more beautiful.
At 8 am, they paid tribute at the Martyrs Column at Silchar crematorium and at 2.35 pm, the actual time of firing, hundreds of people gathered at the martyrs' memorial at Gandhi Bag to pay homage.
Reports said similar programmes were organized in Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of the valley, in some parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Three towns of Silchar, Karimganj and Hailakandi hosted series of cultural programmes throughout the day where renowned artistes from Bengal and Bangladesh, apart from locals performed. A number of Dhaka and Kolkata-based eminent personalities from the fields of literature, education and journalism joined this year's celebrations of martyrs' day in Silchar.
On Friday, the eve of the martyrs' day, cultural activists took out processions in Silchar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. Artistes, including those from Assam University, Silchar, decorated the Park Road area of the town in front of Martyrs Column with alpana.
The programme was centrally organized by Sammilita Sanskritik Manch, a platform of different cultural organizations, Bhasha Sahid Station Smaran Samiti and Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sanmilan. The organizers' demanded rechristening of the Silchar railway station as Bhasa Shahid (Language Martyrs') station and making the Meharotra Commission's report probing the incident of firing.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Barak-valley-pays-ode-to-language-martyrs/articleshow/13310083.cms
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