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Mohammad Abul Khayer

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Mohammad Abul Khayer
মোহাম্মদ আবুল খায়ের
Born
OccupationPolitician
AwardsIndependence 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]

Personal life

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

Awards

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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]

References

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  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
  4. ^ "PM hands out Independence Awards". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.