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Balurghat: International Mother Language day was observed at the zero-line on the Indo-Bangladesh border here on Friday. The event was organised jointly by Teor Ujjiban Society and Uttorer Robbar in association with Amra Mukti Yoddhar Sontan Command and Saptahik Alokito Simanto of Hakimpur, Bangladesh. International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the UNESCO in November 1999, commemorating the sacrifice of students who were shot dead by police in 1952 at Dhaka, while demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bangla, as one of the two national languages of erstwhile Pakistan. Amid tight security measures, artistes from both sides of the border engrossed themselves in commemorating the martyrs. Later, delegates from both sides of the border placed wreaths at the altar of a makeshift Shaheed Minar set up at the zero point..