69 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড
বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড amongst other by some prominent litterateurs including Dr. Md. Shahidullah, Prof. Munir Chaudhury, Prof. Ashraf Siddiqui. Prof. Hasan Zaman (T.M), Prof. Abul Kasem and Raushan Ara Begum. All the speakers including the president spoke on the improvement and enrichment of Bengali language in fulfillment of the cause for which some lives were lost.
18. In the largely attended symposium held in Curzon Hall at the instance of the Dacca University Central Students' Union. Dr. Kazi Motahar Ilusain, presided. The Vice-Chancellor was also present. Mr. Ataur Rahman Khan (defunct A.L.), Ex-Chief Minister. East Pakistan and Mr. Mahmud Ali (defunct N.A.P.), Ex-Minister, East Pakistan and a few other erstwhile political leaders were also found among the audience.
Prof. Ajit Guha of J.N. College,. Prof. Mofazzal Haider Chaudhuri. J. Prof. Anisuzzaman, Dr. G.C. Dev and Mr. Nurul Momen, Proctor-all of Dacca University delivered speeches. They all dwelt on the significance of the Day and exhorted the students to work hard to improve the language. In the meeting the following resolutions were passed:
(1) Early completion of the construction of Shaheed Minar. (2)Declaration of 21st February as Govt. Holiday. (3)Introduction of Bengali in all spheres of national life and administration. (4)Activisation of Bengali Academy in promoting the language. (5)Introduction of Roman script in Bengali or any new language not to be tolerated. (6)Pucca construction over the graves of the victims of police firing at Govt. cost. Dr. Kazi Motahar Husain expressed his difference with the DUCSU official in the matter of the language used in the resolutions but the resolutions were passed by the audience by raising of hands.
The symposium was rounded off by a cultural programme featuring some Bengali songs eulogizing the Bengali language and the Day. 19. The symposium in S.M. Hall was presided over by the Provost of the Hall, Dr. M. Huq and those in F.H. Hall and Jagannath Hall by the Vice-Presidents of the respective Hall Unions. Speeches on the same trend were delivered in these symposia and resolutions similar to those adopted in Curzon Hall were passed.
The symposium held by Dacca Medical College Students' Union at the Dacca Medical College Lecture Gallery was said to have been presided over by Ranesh Das Gupta (C.P./Ex.-security prisoner), Asst. Editor, the Daily Sangbad. This is being verified.
20. In the evening the Central Shaheed Minar was illuminated by candle sticks by some students.
