List of Independence Day Award recipients (2020–2029)

Independence Day Award is Bangladesh's highest civilian honours. This list contains the awardees from 2020 to 2029.

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

2020

A total of 9 persons and 1 organisation were awarded. ^[1]

Recipients	Area	Note
Golam Dastagir Gazi	independence and liberation war
Azizur Rahman	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Commander Abdur Rauf	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Anwar Pasha	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Kalipada Das	culture
Ferdousi Mazumder	culture
Professor Dr Md Obaidul Kabir Chowdhury	medical science
AKMA Muqtadir	medical science
Bharateswari Homes	education

Despite receiving the Independence Award for literature in 2020, the controversial medal for Raiz Uddin was declared void due to various criticism. ^[2]

2021

A total of 9 persons and 1 organisation were awarded. ^[3]

Recipients	Area	Note
AKM Bazlur Rahman	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Ahsanullah Master	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Brigadier General Khushid Uddin Ahmed	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Mrinmoy Guha Neogi	science and technology
Mahadev Saha	literature
Ataur Rahman	culture
Gazi Mazharul Anwar	culture
M. Amjad Hossain	social work
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council	research and training

2022

A total of 10 persons and 1 organisation were awarded. ^{[4] [5]}

Recipients	Area	Note
Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Khondkar Nazmul Huda	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Abdul Jalil	independence and liberation war
Siraj Uddin Ahmed	independence and liberation war
Mohammad Shahiduddin	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Serajul Huq	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Kanak Kanti Barua	Treatment
Kamrul Islam	Treatment
Amir Hamza (Revoked)	Literature	posthumous
Syed Mainul Hossain	Architecture	posthumous
Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute	research and training	Institution

2023

A total of 9 persons and 1 organisation were awarded. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Recipients	Area	Note
Colonel (retd) Shamsul Alam	independence and liberation war
Lieutenant AG Mohamnmad Khurshid	independence and liberation war	posthumous
Khwaza Nizamuddin Bhuiyan	independence and liberation war
Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury	independence and liberation war
Dr Mohammad Mainuddin Ahmed	Literature	posthumous
Pabitra Mohan Dey	Cultural
ASM Rakibul Hasan	Sports
Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence	Social Services/Public Services
Begum Nadira Jahan	Research and Training
Dr. Firdausi Qadri	Research and Training

2024

A total of 10 persons were awarded. ^[10]

Recipients	Area	Note
Kazi Abdus Sattar	Independence and Liberation War
Flight Sergeant Md Fazlul Haque	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Abu Nayeem Md. Najib Uddin Khan	Independence and Liberation War	posthumous
Firoza Khatun	sports
Mubarak Ahmad Khan	science and technology [11]
Harishankar Das	treatment
Mohammad Rafiquzzaman	cultural
Aranya Chiran	social/public services
Mollah Obaydullah Baki	social/public services
SM Abraham Lincoln	social/public services

2025

A total of seven individuals received the award, six of whom were deceased and honored posthumously. ^{[12] [13]}

Recipients	Area	Note
Jamal Nazrul Islam	Science/Technology	Posthumous
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed	Social Services
Badruddin Umar	Education/Research
Al Mahmud	Literature	Posthumous
Novera Ahmed	Culture
Azam Khan	Liberation War/Culture
Abrar Fahad	Rebel Youth

See also

• List of Independence Day Award recipients (1977–79)
• List of Independence Day Award recipients (1980–89)
• List of Independence Day Award recipients (1990–99)
• List of Independence Day Award recipients (2000–09)
• List of Independence Day Award recipients (2010–19)

References

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2. "Raij Uddin excluded from Swadhinata Padak recipients' list". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
3. "Swadhinata Padak 2021: Nine people, BARC picked". The Daily Star. 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
4. "10 people, 1 institution to receive Independence Awards". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
5. "10 people, 1 organisation to get Independence Award". The Business Standard. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
6. "Nine individuals, one institution get Independence Award-2023". Prothom Alo. BSS. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
7. "10 nominated for Independence Award 2023". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
8. "9 individuals, 1 institution get Independence Award-2023". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
9. "9 people, fire service to receive Independence Award 2023". UNB. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
10. "10 individuals to get Swadhinata Padak 2024". The Daily Star. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
11. "New Age 10 individuals nominated for Swadhinata Padak". The New Age. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
12. "7 to get Independence Awards, Ziaur Rahman's accolade reinstated". bdnews24.com . 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
13. "Independence Award 2025: 7 recipients include Azam Khan, Al Mahmud, Novera Ahmed, Fazle Hasan Abed". The Business Standard . 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.