
Bangladesh’s Civil Resistance: The Case of 1952 Language Movement
Md. Moynul Haque, “The nonviolent conflict of the 1952 language movement was fought between two parties: the aggrieved Bengali civilians and the aggressive power elites of West Pakistan. The movement turned out to be a bloody episode, as the peaceful protest of student-masses was seriously repressed by the security forces using a bullet and baton charge, resulting in injury and death of few students including Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, and Jabbar–who were posthumously declared the first martyrs of Bangladesh after the formation of the country.”







