Zahir Raihan participated in the Language Movement as an active worker. He was one of the ten students to participate in the procession on 21 February 1952.
Pritilata fought not only against the British rule but also against the gender discrimination because being a woman she received combat training and was assigned to lead a team. She did her assignment successfully. And to save her team and avoid arrest, she sacrificed her life committing suicide. It depicts her dual role.
