Abeed Sarker
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Abeed Sarker
@sarkerabeed.bsky.social
NLP, machine learning, LLMs & health. Assoc. Prof. & Vice Chair - research at Emory BMI. Opinions are my own. #academictwitter #phdchat #research #AI #LLM #BioNLP
On 21 February 1952, police opened fire on rallies. Abdus Salam, Abul Barkat, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar and Shafiur Rahman died, with hundreds of others injured.

This was a rare incident in history, where people sacrificed their lives for their mother tongue.
February 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
To demolish the protest, the government of Pakistan outlawed public meeting and rallies. The students of the University of Dhaka, with the support of the general public, arranged massive rallies and meetings.
February 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The East Pakistan people protested since the majority of the population was from East Pakistan and their mother language was Bangla. They demanded Bangla to be at least one of the national languages, in addition to Urdu.
February 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In 1948, the Government of Pakistan declared Urdu to be the sole national language of Pakistan, even though Bengali or Bangla was spoken by the majority of people combining East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
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From wikipedia:
When Pakistan was created in 1947, it had two geographically separate parts: East Pakistan (currently known as Bangladesh) and West Pakistan (Pakistan). The two parts were very different from each other in the sense of culture and language, and were also separated by India.
February 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM