UPSC PRELIMS · HISTORY · LANGUAGE MOVEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

Consider the following statements: 1. 21st February is declared to be the International Mother Language Day by UNICEF. 2. The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languages was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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EXPLANATION

21 February is International Mother Language Day, and the Bangla language demand was raised in Pakistan's Constituent Assembly; the first statement's attribution to UNICEF is incorrect.

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