Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: dhaka , bangladesh - other names: bhasha matin - native name lang: bn - native name: - death date: 8 october 2014 - awards: independence day award - birth date: 3 december 1926 - name: abdul matin - nationality: bangladeshi - image: abdulmatin single.jpg - birth place: sirajganj now bangladesh -rrb- district , bengal presidency , british india -lrb- - occupation: language activist of bengali language movement Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abdul matin -lrb- language activist -rrb- .
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abdul matin -lrb- december 3 , 1926 -- october 8 , 2014 -rrb- was a language activist of the bengali language movement that took place in the erstwhile east pakistan -lrb- currently bangladesh -rrb- to make bengali one of the state language of pakistan .he was one of the student leaders and 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 .