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This new national language — Urdu is seen by the Pakistan Government which before the 1972 manage or control both West and East Pakistan as symbol of Islam. It makes the difference between Indian and Pakistani. Its vocabulary which alreay enrich by incorporation of Arabic, Turkic, and Persian loanwords, is one factor why Government do believe that Urdu is so Islamic and could be symbol against the India. In West Pakistan, there were not such a powerful agitation against the imposed of Urdu as national language. But, in the eastern wing of Pakistan which now is Bangladesh, there was a mass protest or agitation against the imposed of Urdu as solely national language.

No, it was not only because Urdu would like to gain it foothold as solely national language which led the anger of Bangladeshi/Bengali. Another reason was the view of Pakistan Government which seen Bengali as kafir language and heavily influenced by Sanskrit, compared to the Urdu. This was followed by large scale protest at Dhaka University in 21 February 1952 (the imposition of Urdu was in 1948).

Police killed many students at that day. Then, it began a civil unrest in all over East Pakistan. So in 1956 Pakistan Goverment made Bengali as co-official language in East Pakistan.
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