Abdul Matin (language activist)

Abdul Matin
আব্দুল মতিন

Born	(1926-12-03)3 December 1926 Dubalia, Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency
Died	8 October 2014(2014-10-08) (aged 87) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Other names	Bhasha Matin
Education	Master of Arts
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Political party	Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Bangladesh National Awami Party
Movement	Bengali language movement
Children	Matia Banu Shuku
Awards	Independence Day Award

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People Abdul Haque Abdul Matin Abu Taher Ajay Bhattacharya Anil Mukherjee Aparna Pal Chowdhury Ashab Uddin Ahmad Badruddin Umar Barun Roy Bhashani Bhupesh Gupta Bijon Sen Bishnu Chattopadhyay Charu Majumdar Gyan Chakraborty Hasan Fakri Hemanta Sarkar Hena Das Humayun Kabir Ila Mitra Kazi Abdus Shahid Lal Kazi Nazrul Islam Lutfunnahar Helen Manabendra Nath Roy Manorama Basu Manikuntala Sen Mohammad Farhad Mohammad Toaha Mohsin Shastrapani Moni Krishna Sen Moni Singh Mujahidul Islam Selim Mozaffar Ahmed Muzaffar Ahmad Nalini Das Nepal Nag Nirmal Sen Pankaj Bhattacharya Rebati Mohan Barman Satyen Sen Saumyendranath Tagore Shah Alam Siraj Sikder Somen Chanda Sukanta Bhattacharya Sukhendu Dastidar
History Workers and Peasants Party Communist Party of India Tebhaga movement Tanka movement Khapra Ward Massacre Communist Party of Pakistan Nankar Rebellion 1962 East Pakistan Education movement Communist Party of East Pakistan 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising Non-cooperation movement of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War NAP-CPB-BSU Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Gonobahini Biplobi Shainik Sangstha 1974 Ramna massacre 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency Soldier–People's Revolution 1990 Bangladesh mass uprising Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh July Mass Uprising Non-cooperation movement of 2024
Ideologies Democratic socialism Islamic socialism Marxism–Leninism Maoism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Stalinism Scientific socialism Marxist feminism Marxist humanism National communism Primitive communism
Principles Agrarian socialism Anti-fascism Anti-imperialism Class conflict Dialectical Materialism Historical materialism Land reform Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism People's war Proletarian internationalism Revolutionary socialism Third Worldism Welfare
Current organisations Bangladesh Students' Union Communist Party of Bangladesh Communist Party (ML) (Barua) Democratic United Front Communist Party of East Bengal Left Democratic Alliance Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party (MBRM) Revolutionary Communist League Revolutionary Student Unity Revolutionary Workers Party Socialist Party of Bangladesh Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) Socialist Students' Front Student Federation of Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh
Defunct organisations Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) Biplobi Communist Party Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Dutta) (Umar) Gono Mukti Fouz New Biplobi Communist Party Workers Party of Bangladesh (reconstituted) Workers Party (Reconstituted) of Bangladesh Workers Peasants Socialist Party
Related topics Anti-imperialism Solidarity Day Bengali language movement Communism in India Communism in Nepal Communism in Sri Lanka Gherao Hartal Lal Salam
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Abdul Matin (Bengali: আবদুল মতিন; 3 December 1926 – 8 October 2014) was a language activist and student leader of the Bengali language movement that took place in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) which sought recognition of Bengali as one of the state languages of Pakistan. He was one of the organizers of the movement. His contribution to the movement has been hailed by the other activists and students, as he was popularly known as Bhasha Matin.