Tagore’s death anniversary – homage AND a wish: could BANGLA/BENGALI be an official language of the UNITED NATIONS.

On this the 67th death anniversary of the Nobel Laureate poet - the gigantic poet of the world, Rabindranath Tagore, millions of Bengali speaking people remember him with heartfelt respect and love. The legendary poet died on this day (Shraban 22 of the Bengali month) in the year 1941.

Tagore’s contribution in Bengali language as well as literature is endless. So Rabindranath will be read and respected wherever there is Bengali spoken people are staying. Many of his literature were written in Bangladesh territory in Shilaidaha and Sajadpur. Most importantly notable that one of his songs 'Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami Tomai Bhalobashi……' is the national anthem of Bangladesh. How many people know that Indian national anthem is another song of Tagore?

Bengali is the primary language spoken in Bangladesh and is the second most spoken language in India. Nearly 240 million people speak Bengali as their mother-tongue. Bengali is one of the most spoken languages (ranking fifth or sixth) in the world.

People, who speak in Bengali, had fought for their mother tongue and for the supreme sacrifices made by Bangalee people for establishment of their language, the United Nations announced February 21 as the International Mother Language Day.

Nobody can confine a language with borders. Establishing Bangla as an official language of UN with a view to introducing the language across the world would also pave the way of understanding Tagore’s heritage in its original Bengali language version.