Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)
| Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur) | |
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| Part of Bengali Language Movement in India | |
| Date | Since September 2018 |
| Location | 26°16′N 88°12′E / 26.267°N 88.200°ECoordinates: 26°16′N 88°12′E / 26.267°N 88.200°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Caused by | Appoinment of Urdu medium teacher though no Urdu medium students in the school |
| Goals | seeking Bengali medium teacher in science and language |
| Methods |
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| Status | Ongoing |
| Police attack on 20 September 2018 | |
| Death(s) | 2[1]
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| Injuries | 12 |
Students of Daribhit High School near Islampur under North Dinajpur district, West Bengal, rising agitation for seeking Bengali medium teacher instead of Urdu medium teacher since mid-September 2018.[2][3] On 20 September 2018, newly appointed teacher of Urdu and Sanskrit try to join the school with help of police protection as flurry students, guardians, alumni and local residents started protesting and cumber peacefully against joining of Urdu teacher.[4][5] The newspaper reported, that time police fires and lathi-charge on flurry people. In this incident, two students namely Rajesh Sarkar,[6][7] and Tapas Barman[8][9] gunned down. Rajesh Sarkar died while he was taken to local hospital, and Tapas Barman died next day in the hospital. Another class tenth student Biplab Sarkar[10] also injured.[10]
Origin[edit]
As soon as Students of this school came to know an Urdu teacher will join their school, they gave a petition to Headmaster-in-charge not to allow to join Urdu teacher as there are no Urdu medium students in this school rather they want others language teacher especially Bengali.[4] Preliminary Headmaster in charge give assurance but on 20 September Urdu teacher try to join the school with help of police protection.[2][5] Then Students of Daribhit High School started agitation for seeking Bengali teacher.[9]
Trying to impose Urdu medium[edit]
A purely Bengali medium[11] school, Darivit High School, became centre of a controversy while the state government appointing three Urdu medium teachers for the school.[12][13] That overwhelming Bengali speaking students as they needed Bangla medium teachers . Newspaper reported, Darivit High School having strength of 1700[14] where none of the students had opted for Urdu[15] as a subject.[14][16] Instead of appointing teachers in the subject of English and History, the two departments crippled by shortage of teaching staff.[17] The students had been demanding the appointment of teachers in Literature and Science subjects in Bengali medium as those posts were lying vacant for years.[2]
Police firing[edit]
On September 20, 2018, while cops from Islampur police station accompanied the three teachers to the school, the students, alumni, and villagers instantly took to an agitation. Some 2,000-off of them blocked the entrance to the school and also the highway passing nearby.[12][16]
As soon as police asking to lift the blockades, a commotion broke out between students and police. Promptly police served a warning that force will be applied if the agitators do not back out. And then situation became more tense.[12]
Initially cops run for a cover and with reinforcement arriving a little later, police turned aggressive. They first resorted to firing tear gas shells, rubber bullets and then a lathi-charge. The students continued to retaliate by hurling brickbats.[11] Newspaper reported, fretted cops then open fire[16] on the agitators. Rajesh Sarkar,[2] 19, an alumnus of the school and a student of Islampur ITI College, gunned down on spot and another student Tapas Barman[8][9] died next day in hospital.[12] Another class tenth student Biplab Sarkar[10] also injured.[10]
Protests[edit]
Students' protest[edit]
Sources said that after three new teachers were appointed at the school, a group of students put up a protest saying that they had demanded teachers of literature and science subjects and teachers who were proficient in imparting education in Bengali medium.[18] The students claimed that there was no one in the school who studied in the Urdu medium[14][15][16] and alleged that the police had acted without provocation.[16]
Protest in Kolkata[edit]
Locals of Kolkata organized a torch rally on Sunday against the alleged police firing on students at Islampur. Protestors also raised slogans and held banners during the protest. Protestors are demanding justice against such brutal actions.[19]
Aftermath[edit]
- Controversial Urdu teacher Md Sanaullah constrained to cross-examine.[20]
- School Commission called Headmaster-in-charge, Avijit Kundu, for hearing.[21]
- Family member of deceased students do not want to cremate bodies keeping opportunity of second postmortem possible to establish what kind of bullets killed them[22] and want CBI investigation.[23][21]
- BJP has also called for a statewide shutdown on September 26, 2018.[24]
See More[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Death toll in police firing in Bengal's Islampur rises to two; bandh hits normal life". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Bengal: Students clash with police in school over appointment of teachers, one dead". The Indian Express. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Students clash with police over appointment of teachers in West Bengal, 1 dead". India Today. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Joarder, Sayani. "ইসলামপুরের স্কুলে চলল গুলি, নিহত ছাত্র". kolkata24x7.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "উত্তর দিনাজপুরে ছাত্র পুলিশ খন্ড যুদ্ধে মৃত 1 আজ 12 ঘণ্টার বনধ ডাকল বিজেপি". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "india news | Hindustan Times". hindustantimes.com/. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Bengali News - ছাত্র বিক্ষোভে বোমা-গুলি-লাঠিচার্জ ইসলামপুরে, মৃত ১ প্রাক্তন ছাত্র–News18 Bengali". bengali.news18.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "ইসলামপুরে গুলিবিদ্ধ আরও এক ছাত্রের মৃত্যু, বন্ধ ঘিরে অশান্তি". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Islampur Clash: Another Student Dies, BJP Bandh Underway". The Wire. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 হেদায়েতুল্লা, মেহেদি. "জখম ছাত্রকে শিলিগুড়িতে". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "DARIVIT HIGH SCHOOL Ponditpota - Ii - Ix Islampur Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal) | StudyApt". studyapt.com. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Urdu teachers in Bengali school: bullet kills youth in police-student face-off in North Dinajpur - NEWSMEN". NEWSMEN. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ "School clash claims 1 more". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Protest against recruitment of Urdu teachers in Bengali medium school turns violent, 2 dead in North Dinajpur". dna. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Fury over 'faulty' teacher postings kills teen". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Reporter, Staff (2018-09-21). "West Bengal police firing: One more student succumbs to injuries". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ "ABVP protests brutal killing of 2 students in West Bengal - The Sentinel". The Sentinel. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ "19-year-old student killed in alleged police firing in Bengal's North Dinajpur, BJP calls for bandh". dna. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ "Locals carry out torch rally against students' killing in Islampur". Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "ইসলামপুর কাণ্ডে আটক বিতর্কিত উর্দু শিক্ষক, জেরা পুলিশের". Sangbad Pratidin. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "নদীর তীরে পোঁতা ২ দেহ, থমথমে ইসলামপুর– News18 Bengali". bengali.news18.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Islampur Clashes, Student Deaths Risk Sparking New Political Flashpoint In Bengal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Kin of students killed in Bengal's Islampur school agitation refuse to cremate bodies, demand CBI probe". hindustantimes.com/. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "West Bengal: BJP's statewide bandh call on Sep 26 over Islampur clash will be thwarted - Trinamool Congress". Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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