1972 Language violence in Sindh occurred starting on 7 July 1972 when the Sindh Assembly passed 1972 Sindhi Language Bill, The Sindhi Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in language violence in Sindh. The proclamation of Sindhi as the official language of Sindh caused the ''Daily Jang'', an Urdu language newspaper in Karachi, to publish a full-page story on their front page surrounded by a banner with the statement "Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom se nikle" (It is the funeral of Urdu thus should be a flaunting one) by Rais Amrohvi. This was the first time in Pakistan that a regional language became its own official language in its own Province.

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Language Bill creates violence

When People Came to Blows Over Language: The Sindh Language

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's speech at Dadu(Sindh) on language riots
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