Consider the following statements :1. 21st February is declared to be the International Mother Lan- guage Day by UNICEF.2. The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languag- es was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✓ Correct answer: b) 2 only
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect: 21st February is recog- nized as International Mother Language Day by UNESCO, not UNICEF.It was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999 and observed worldwide since 2000. The day commemorates the 1952 Ben- gali Language Movement in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), where protesters were killed for demanding Bangla as an official language.Statement 2 is correct: In 1948, Dhirendranath Datta, a mem- ber from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), raised the demand for Bangla to be recognized as one of the national languag- es of Pakistan in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.The West Pakistani leadership rejected the demand, leading to protests and eventually the Bengali Language Movement (Bha- sha Andolon).This movement later contributed to the libera- tion of Bangladesh in 1971. : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga- nization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga- nization (UNESCO), established on 16 November 1945, is a specialized UN agency headquartered in Paris, France.With 194 member states and nearly 11 associate members,
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