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Punjabi Language Movement

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Short description: Movement for recognition of Punjabi in Pakistan
This page is about the movement in Pakistan. For the 1947–1966 movement demanding a Punjabi-speaking state in India, see Punjabi Suba movement.

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Punjabi Language Movement
Public demonstration in Lahore
Location
Punjab, Pakistan
Caused by
Methods
  • Political demonstration
Parties to the civil conflict
  • Punjabi Parchar
  • World Punjabi Congress
  • Punjabi Khoj Garh
  • Punjabi Lok Sujag

The Punjabi Language Movement (Punjabi: پنجابی زبان تحریک, romanized: Pañjābī zabān tahrīk, pa; abbreviated as PLM) is a socio-political movement in Punjab, Pakistan, advocating the recognition of the Punjabi language, as well as culture and literature, in Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, education, and media.[1][2][3][4][5]

Today, the Punjabi people constitute the largest ethnic group in the country, though Urdu was given status as the sole national language of the country, following independence.[6] Unlike Indian Punjab, where reading and writing the Punjabi language is compulsory at every level from 2008,[7] alongside a special Punjabi University at Patiala, Punjabi does not have any kind of official status in Pakistan and is merely recognised as a nominal "provincial language" in Pakistani Punjab.[8] The PLM's ideologies are based on Punjabi nationalism.

See also

  • Punjabi nationalism
  • Punjabi Suba movement
  • Punjabiyat
  • Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–40

References

  1. ↑ Staff Report (21 February 2011). "Punjab wants its mother tongue back". http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/02/21/city/lahore/punjab-wants-its-mother-tongue-back/. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  2. ↑ Brown, Michael Edward (2003). Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262523332. https://books.google.com/books?id=fcoDezu1ABoC&q=Punjabi+Language+Movement+pakistan&pg=PA68. 
  3. ↑ Kamal, Neel (14 September 2015). "A march for Punjabi revival in Pak's Punjab". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/A-march-for-Punjabi-revival-in-Paks-Punjab/articleshow/48951621.cms. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  4. ↑ Soofi, Mushtaq (27 February 2015). "Punjab Notes: Mother language, people and politicians". http://www.dawn.com/news/1166216. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  5. ↑ Punjabi Language Movement
  6. ↑ Service, Tribune News (19 February 2016). "Thousands to march for Punjabi in Lahore". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/thousands-to-march-for-punjabi-in-lahore/198233.html. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  7. ↑ "Punjab Cabinet Okays to amend Punjabi official language Act" (in la). 3 September 2008. http://zeenews.india.com/home/punjab-cabinet-okays-to-amend-punjabi-official-language-act_466443.html. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  8. ↑ "Punjabi as medium of instruction" (in en). 2019-08-21. https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/punjabi-as-medium-of-instruction. 

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