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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Bengali-language activists, Catalan-language activists, Cornish-language activists, Czech-language activists, Irish-language activists, Manx-language activists, Scots-language activists, Tamil-language activists, Welsh-language activists, Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Douglas Hyde, Bengali Language Movement, Patrick Pearse, Devaneya Pavanar, Maraimalai Adigal, Dhirendranath Datta, P. A. O Siochain, Pol O Foighil, Abul Kashem, Steffan Cravos, Dessie Grew, John Laird, Baron Laird, Nollaig O Gadhra, Abdul Malek Ukil, Plain English Campaign, D. P. Moran, Parithimar Kalaignar, Craig Weatherhill, Sean South, Maire Nic an Bhaird, Fergal O'Hanlon, Vojt ch Naprstek, Nepal Bhasa movement, Francis Brolly, Andrew Climo, Omnium Cultural, Abdul Matin, Gwenno Teifi, Gaelic revival, Ivan Bogorov, Charles Jonas, Lucilita Bhreatnach, James Nowlan, Proinsias Mac Aonghusa, Caral Ni Chuilin, Endangered Language Fund, Roparz Hemon, Billy Kay, Voluntaris per la Llengua, Padraig O Fiannachta, Ken George, Helena Charles, Padraig O Snodaigh, Richard Gendall, Sophia Morrison, Sofiur Rahman, James Whetter, Brian Stowell, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagain, John Rangihau, Sotiris Bletsas, Ffred Ffransis, Coiste Cearta Sibialta na Gaeilge, Sean O Muireagain, Riffat Akbar Swati, Micheal Breathnach, Michael O'Hickey, Phil Gawne, Valentin Avrorin, Nurul Huq Bhuiyan, Softcatala, Thomas Beirne. Excerpt: The Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement (Bengali: Bhasha Andolon), was a political effort in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan), advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan. Such recognition would allow Bengali to be used in government affairs. When the state of Pakistan was formed in 1947, its two regions, East Pakistan (also called East Bengal) and West Pakistan, were split along cultural, geo...