 The first major opposition Ershad had to deal with was the Anti-Majid Khan Education Policy movement in 1983.Amid state of emergency, hundreds of thousands of students gathered to protest the proposed education policy that was aimed at making Arabic a mandatory language to learn in primary level education.In the two days of street battles (14 and 15 February 1983) in the University of Dhaka, at least five died who were identified as Dipali Saha, Kanchan, Joynal, Mozammel and Zafar, since then 14 February is observed as "Anti-autocracy Day" in Bangladesh.