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===Dhirendranath Datta's proposal===
===Dhirendranath Datta's proposal===
[[File:Dhirendranath datta.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Dhirendranath was the key figure to raise the demand for [[Bangali]] with [[Bengali script|it's traditional script]] as a state language in Pakistan assembly.]]
 
Assembly member [[Dhirendranath Datta]] proposed legislation in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] to allow members to speak in Bengali and authorise its use for official purposes.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Datta's proposal was supported by legislators Prem Hari Burman, [[Bhupendra Kumar Datta]] and Sris Chandra Chattaopadhyaya of East Bengal, as well as the people from the region.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Prime minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] and the Muslim League denounced the proposal as an attempt to divide the Pakistani people, thus the legislation was defeated.<ref name="Banglapedia" /><ref name="swadhinotajuddho">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Hasan Hafizur |title=Bangladesher Swadhinota juddher Dolilpotro |year=1982 |publisher=Ministry of Information, People's Republic of Bangladesh |oclc=416657937}}</ref>
Assembly member [[Dhirendranath Datta]] proposed legislation in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] to allow members to speak in Bengali and authorise its use for official purposes.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Datta's proposal was supported by legislators Prem Hari Burman, [[Bhupendra Kumar Datta]] and Sris Chandra Chattaopadhyaya of East Bengal, as well as the people from the region.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Prime minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] and the Muslim League denounced the proposal as an attempt to divide the Pakistani people, thus the legislation was defeated.<ref name="Banglapedia" /><ref name="swadhinotajuddho">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Hasan Hafizur |title=Bangladesher Swadhinota juddher Dolilpotro |year=1982 |publisher=Ministry of Information, People's Republic of Bangladesh |oclc=416657937}}</ref>


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