Mohammad Abul Khayer

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Mohammad Abul Khayer
মোহাম্মদ আবুল খায়ের
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OccupationPolitician
Awards Independence Day Award (2014)

Mohammad Abul Khayer was a renowned politician, freedom fighter and social worker of Bangladesh. He recorded the 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. [1] In 2014, he was awarded the "Independence and Independence War Liberation Award" for his unique general contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War. [2]

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Personal life

Khayer was an Awami League MLA of erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Khairul Anam Shakil, Nazrul Sangeet singer, is his son. [3]

Awards

In 2014, Khayer was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian honour, for outstanding contribution to the country's independence movement and liberation war. [4]

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References

  1. স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের পরিচিতি. Cabinet of Bangladesh. Cabinet Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "10 get Swadhinata Puroskar". The Daily Star. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. Khairul Anam Shakil: Spreading Nazrul's original tunes, New Age, 14 June 2019
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