Question: International Mother Language Day is celebrated on-
(a) 22 February
(b) 21 February
(c) 20 February
(d) 18 February
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- International Mother Language Day was celebrated on 21 February 2016 all over the world.
- The theme of the 2016 International Mother Language Day is “Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes”.
- International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999.
- International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
- The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bangla, as one of the two national languages were shot and killed by police in Dhaka.
- In memory of this incident the United Nations decided to celebrate this day every year.
Reference:
http://en.unesco.org/events/international-mother-language-day-2016
http://www.un.org/en/events/motherlanguageday/
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/international-mother-language-day-2016/