List of Independence Day Award recipients (2010–2019)

List of Independence Day Award recipients
1977–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029

Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honours - Winners, 2010-2019:

2010

Ten people and an organisation were awarded. ^{[1] [2]} as below:

Recipients	Area	Note
AKM Samsul Haque Khan	independence & liberation war	posthumous
Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury	independence & liberation war
Belal Muhammad	independence & liberation war
Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui	education
Jatin Sarker	education
Romena Afaz	Literature	posthumous
Mustafa Nurul Islam	Literature
Waheedul Haq	culture	posthumously
Alamgir Kabir	culture	posthumous
Ferdousi Priyabhashini	culture
Bangla Academy	culture

2011

Two institutions and seven people were awarded . ^[3]

Recipients	Area	Note
Dhaka University	education	organization
Bangladesh Police	liberation war	organization
Gaus Khan	liberation war	posthumous
Sanghraj Jyotipal Mahathero	liberation war	posthumous
Dr Nilima Ibrahim	liberation war	posthumous
Air Vice Marshal (retd) Abdul Karim Khandaker	liberation war
Nutan Chandra Singha	liberation war	posthumous
AKM Samsuzzoha	liberation war	posthumous
Muhammad Abul Hashem Khan	culture

2012

Ten people received the award. ^[4]

Recipients	Area	Note
lieutenant commander Moazzem Hossain	liberation war	posthumous
Abul Kalam Shamsuddin	liberation war	posthumous
Syeda Badrun Nahar Chowdhury	liberation war
Noyeem Gahar	liberation war
Bazlur Rahman	journalist	posthumous
Rafiqul Islam	education
Abul Fazal	literature	posthumous
Pran Gopal Datta	medical science
Kazi M Badruddoza	agricultural science
Quamrul Haider	science and technology

2013

The award was given to eight people. ^[5]

Recipients	Area	Note
Mohammad Shamsul Haque	liberation war	posthumous
Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain	liberation war
Kazi Sazzad Ali	liberation war
Abdul Hamid Miah	research on agriculture
Swadesh Ranjan Bose	economics	posthumous
Satya Saha	culture	posthumous
M. A. Hannan	liberation war	posthumous
Abdul Hamid	liberation war

2014

Nine people and one institution were awarded. ^{[6] [7]}

Recipients	Area	Note
Mohammad Abul Khayer	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Kazi Azizul Islam	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Lt Col (retd) Abu Osman Chowdhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Khasruzzaman Chowdhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Shahid SBM Mizanur Rahman	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Mohammad Haris Ali	independence and liberation war	posthumous
M Quamruzzaman	education
Qayyum Chowdhury	culture
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)	research and training

2015

The award was given to eight people. ^[8]

Recipients	Area	Note
Manik Chowdhury	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Mamun Mahmud	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Shah A M S Kibria	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Mozaffar Ahmed		posthumous
Anisuzzaman	Literature
Abdur Razzak	Culture
Mohammad Hossain Mondol	Research
Santosh Gupta	Journalism	posthumous

2016

The award was given to fourteen people and one organization. ^[9]

Recipients	Area	Note
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	Independence and Liberation War	Finance minister of Bangladesh
Emaz Uddin Pramanik	Independence and Liberation War	Textiles and Jute Minister of Bangladesh
Moulavi Asmat Ali Khan	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Badrul Alam	Independence and Liberation War	Squadron Leader, Bir Uttam, formed Bangladesh Air Force
Shahid Shah Abdul Mazid	Independence and Liberation War	Prevented the attack on Rajshahi Police Lines by the Pakistan occupation force
M Abdul Ali	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous; Administrator of Rangamati killed by Pakistani military force attack
AKM Abdur Rouf	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous; typographer of the constitution
KM Shehabuddin	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous; first diplomat to resign from Pakistani Foreign Service and pledge allegiance to Bangladesh; first head of Bangladesh's New Delhi mission
Syed Hasan Imam	Independence and Liberation War	cultural activities during the Liberation War
Rafiqul Islam	Mother Language	posthumous
Abdus Salam	Mother Language	Achieving recognition of 21 February as International Mother Language Day
Maqsudul Alam	Science and Technology	Posthumous; decoded the jute genome
Mohammad Rafi Khan	Medical Science
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya	Cultural
Nirmalendu Goon	Literature
Bangladesh Navy

2017

The award was given to fifteen people and an organization. ^[10]

Recipients	Area	Note
Group Captain (retd) Shamsul Alam Bir Uttam	independence and liberation war
Ashraful Alam	independence and liberation war
Mohammad Nazmul Haque	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Syed Mohsin Ali	independence and liberation war	posthumous
NM Nazmul Ahsan	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Faizur Rahman Ahmed	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Bangladesh Air Force	independence and liberation war
Professor AHM Touhidul Anowar Chawdhury	medical science
Rabeya Khatun	literature
Golam Samdani Koraishi	literature
Enamul Huq	culture
Bazlur Rahman Badal	culture
Khalil Kazi OBE	social service
Shamsuzzaman Khan	research and training
Professor Lalit Mohan Nath	research and training	posthumous
Professor Mohammad Asaduzzaman	public administration	posthumous

2018

Eighteen people were awarded. ^[11]

Recipients	Area	Note
Quazi Zakir Hasan	independence and liberation war	posthumous
SMA Rashidul Hasan	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Sankar Govinda Chowdhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Sultan Mahmud	independence and liberation war
M Abdur Rahim	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Bhupati Bhushan Chowdhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Lieutenant Mohammad Anwarul Azim	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Humayun Rashid Choudhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Amanullah Asaduzzaman	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Matiur Rahman Mallik	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Sergeant Zahrul Haq	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Amzadul Haq	independence and liberation war
AK M D Ahsan Ali	medicine
AK Azad Khan	social service
Selina Hossain	literature
M Abdul Mazid	food security
Asaduzzaman Noor	culture
Shykh Seraj	agricultural journalism

2019

Thirteen people and an organization were awarded. ^{[12] [13]}

Recipients	Area	Note
Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
ATM Zafar Alam	independence and liberation war	posthumous
AKM Mozammel Haque	independence and liberation war
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	independence and liberation war
Kazi Misbahun Nahar	independence and liberation war
Abdul Khalek	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Mohammad Khaled	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Shaukat Ali Khan	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Nurunnahar Fatema Begum	medical science
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad	social service
Murtaja Baseer	culture
Hasan Azizul Huq	literature
Haseena Khan	research and training
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)	science and technology

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