Ka cika wannan jumlar: A ƙarshen mulkin Birtaniya, yawancin Bengal sun zama Gabashin Pakistan. Gwamnatin sabuwar Dominion ta Pakistan, wacce ke yammacin Pakistan (ƙasar Pakistan ta yanzu) ta ba da umarnin Urdu a matsayin harshen hukuma kawai. Wannan matakin ya fuskanci adawa daga ƙungiyar harshen Bengali kuma gwamnatin Pakistan ta amsa zanga-zangar a 1952 ta hanyar kashe ɗalibai a Jami'ar Dhaka. Ko da yake an warware matsalolin harshe a shekara ta 1956 a cikin sabon tsarin mulki, da aka biyo baya
Yakin 'Yanci na Bangladesh a 1971 ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kara tabbatar da matsayin yaren Bengali a cikin Bangladesh mai zaman kanta.