Description : A girl places flowers at the Central Shahid Minar in Dhaka, the monument for the martyrs of the 1952 language movement, on International Mother Language Day. On 1, 1952, a number of students campaigning for the recognition of Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan were killed when police fired at them. Since 2000, 1 is observed as International Mother Language Day in tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for their mother tongue. Dhaka, Bangladesh.