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| Curzon Hall |
Beautiful
architectural building named after Lord Curzon. It now houses the Science
Faculty of Dhaka University.
During the Bengali Language Movement, 1948–1956, Curzon Hall was the location of various
significant events. After the Partition
of India in 1947 that
formed the country of Pakistan, Urdu was chosen to be the sole state language. In 1948, the Constituent
Assembly of Pakistan chose
Urdu and English as the only languages to be used to address the assembly,
which was protested within the assembly on the grounds that the majority of the
people spoke Bangla and not Urdu.[2] Students
of Dhaka University objected instantly to the actions of the Constituent
Assembly,[2] and
it was in Curzon Hall that they declared their opposition to the state language
policy.[1]
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