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Day of Ishtar, Babylonia
Goddess of Love and Battle from the region of Mesopotamia (Greek for 'between the rivers', ie, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the area now known as Iraq, and from Assyria. Ishtar is the counterpart of the Phoenician Astarte.
Her name is said the be associated with the word 'Easter', because of her associations, like Easter, with springtime and fertility. The meaning of the name is not known, though it is possible that the underlying stem is the same as that of Assur, which would thus make her the ‘leading one’ or ‘chief’. She was known as Inanna in Sumerian mythology. She is a life-death-rebirth deity, daughter of Anu, the god of the air, mother and consort of the farm god Tammuz, who is similar to the Greek Adonis. She was usually described as an evil, heartless, women who destroyed her mates and lovers ...
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Language Martyrs' Day, Bangladesh
Language Martyrs' Day is a day remembered in Bangladesh for the killings of protesters seeking official recognition for the Bengali language in 1952.
When Bengal was divided in East and West during the partition of India in 1947, West Bengal emerged as a state of India and East Bengal (now an independent country, Bangladesh) became a part of Pakistan and was known as East Pakistan. As a state of Pakistan, Urdu was the language of government in East Bengal, but the population there primarily spoke Bengali.
In reaction to this, people from East Bengal started asking the government to make Bengali an official language of administration. But the Pakistani government of the time did not agree. Finally, on February 21, 1952, there was a huge protest of all ages of people, irrespective of caste and creed, with students of Dhaka University in the lead. Police ruthlessly fired to disperse the crowd, and many of the protesters were killed. It was not long, however, before Bengali was given right of an official language. Since then, February 21 has been remembered as Language Martyrs' Day in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The same date is observed by UNESCO as International Mother Language Day ...
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Day of Ishtar, Babylonia
Goddess of Love and Battle from the region of Mesopotamia (Greek for 'between the rivers', ie, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the area now known as Iraq, and from Assyria. Ishtar is the counterpart of the Phoenician Astarte.
Her name is said the be associated with the word 'Easter', because of her associations, like Easter, with springtime and fertility. The meaning of the name is not known, though it is possible that the underlying stem is the same as that of Assur, which would thus make her the ‘leading one’ or ‘chief’. She was known as Inanna in Sumerian mythology. She is a life-death-rebirth deity, daughter of Anu, the god of the air, mother and consort of the farm god Tammuz, who is similar to the Greek Adonis. She was usually described as an evil, heartless, women who destroyed her mates and lovers ...
Language Martyrs' Day, Bangladesh
Language Martyrs' Day is a day remembered in Bangladesh for the killings of protesters seeking official recognition for the Bengali language in 1952.
When Bengal was divided in East and West during the partition of India in 1947, West Bengal emerged as a state of India and East Bengal (now an independent country, Bangladesh) became a part of Pakistan and was known as East Pakistan. As a state of Pakistan, Urdu was the language of government in East Bengal, but the population there primarily spoke Bengali.
In reaction to this, people from East Bengal started asking the government to make Bengali an official language of administration. But the Pakistani government of the time did not agree. Finally, on February 21, 1952, there was a huge protest of all ages of people, irrespective of caste and creed, with students of Dhaka University in the lead. Police ruthlessly fired to disperse the crowd, and many of the protesters were killed. It was not long, however, before Bengali was given right of an official language. Since then, February 21 has been remembered as Language Martyrs' Day in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The same date is observed by UNESCO as International Mother Language Day ...
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