The process began on July 25, 2011 and in the seventh and last phase of recognition, the country this week honoured more than 60 foreign dignitaries and organisations, including 44 from India
In all a total of 338 foreign nationals and
organisations, mostly from India, were felicitated for supporting the
nation’s liberation war against Pakistan.
The State accolades were given in two categories —
- ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ and
- ‘Friends of Liberation War Honour
President Pranab Mukherjee received the award in February 2013
On October 1, 2013 the ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ was conferred on the former Indian President, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and the former Prime Minister, Gulzarilal Nanda
V.K. Krishna Menon was one of the prominent recipients of the ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ for his contribution to the country’s independence as the Defence Minister of India. The award was received by Radha Anand Menon, grand niece of Menon, from Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
The prominent Indian nationals who received “Friends of Liberation War Honour” are -
- Air Vice Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul
- Maj. Gen. Lachhman Singh Lehl
- Film actor Waheeda Rehman
- Zainal Abedin
- Biswajit R. Chatterjee
- Gouri Ghosh
- Shakti Chattapadhaya
- Pannalal Dasgupta
- Shaheed Capt. Manmohan Sagor Duggal
- Asghar Ali
- Snehangshu Kanta Acharyya
- Somnath Hore
- Maulana Syed Asad Madni
- Suchitra Mitra
- Kulwant Singh Pannu
- Kishore Parekh
- Subhash Mukhopadhaya
- Samar Sen
- Shaheed Subedar Mailkiat Singh
- Sukhdev Singh Sanhu and
- Tapishwar Narain Raina.
Four award recipients were each from Pakistan and the U.S., two each from the U.K., Japan and Egypt, and one each from Sri Lanka and Turkey
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