Ekushey Padak

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Ekushey Padak
(Bengali: একুশে পদক)

A Medal of Ekushey Padak
Awarded for recognition of substantial contribution in the field of literature, fine arts, education, Heroes of Language Movement, Research, Journalism, Economics and Poverty Alleviation.
Presented by Government of Bangladesh
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
Country Bangladesh Bangladesh
First awarded 1976
Last awarded 2011

Ekushey Padak (Bengali: একুশে পদক) is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 (Bengali: বাংলা ভাষা আন্দোলন) that took place on February 21, 1952.[1]

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[edit] The award

Certificate of Ekushey Padak given to Principal Abul Kashem

The award consists of 100,000 Taka, an 18 carat gold medal weighing 3 tolas and a certificate of honour.[1] The medal was designed by the artist Nitun Kundu.[2] Each awardee receives a gold medal, a certificate of honour, and a sum of cash. The amount of the cash reward was originally taka 25 thousand, but it was subsequently increased to taka 100 thousand. Ministry of Cultural Affairs administers the Padak.

[edit] Ekushey Padak recipients

[edit] 1976

In the year 1976, the first year of the award, 09 individuals were awarded in recognition of their contribution:

[edit] 1977

[edit] 1978

[edit] 1979

[edit] 1980

[edit] 1981

[edit] 1982

[edit] 1983

[edit] 1984

[edit] 1985

[edit] 1986

[edit] 1987

[edit] 1988

[edit] 1989

|1989||Razia Mazid||Literature|| |- |1989||Shahed Ali||Literature|| |- |1990||Shawkat Ali||Literature|| |- |1991||Ahmed Sharif||Education|| |- |1991||A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid||Science|| |- |- |1991||A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed||Education|| |- |1991||Kabir Chowdhury||Literature|| |- |1991||Foyez Ahmad||Literature|| |- |1991||Sanzida Khatun||Literature|| |- |1992||Mobashwer Ali||Education|| |- |1993||Ataus Samad||Journalism|| |- |1994||Humayun Ahmed||Literature|| |- |1995||Ahmad Rafiq||Literature|| |- |1995||Shykh Seraj||Media Personality|| |- |1996||Mohammad Kamruzzaman||Photography|| |- |1996||Mostafa Zaman Abbasi||Music|| |- |1996||Sirajul Islam Chowdhury||Education|| |- |1997||Abu Ishak||Literature|| |- |1997||Momtazuddin Ahmed||Drama|| |- |1997||Razia Khan||Literature|| |- |1997||Shantosh Gupta||Journalism|| |- |1999||Abul Kashem Sandwip||Education|| |- |1999||Abdur Rakib Khandakar||Sports|| |- |2000||Abdul Jabbar||Language activist||Posthumously |- |2000||Abdus Salam||Language activist||Posthumously |- |2000||Abul Barkat||Language activist||PosthumouslySofiur Rahman |- |2000||Ekhlasuddin Ahmed||Literature|| |- |- |- |}

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2004

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008

  • Nazma Chowdhury in Research
  • Khandaker Nurul Alam in Music
  • Waheedul Haq in Music (Posthumously)
  • Shyam Sundar Baishnab in Music (Posthumously)
  • Shefali Ghosh in Music (Posthumously)
  • Muzaffar Ahmed (economist)
  • Prof Muzaffer Ahmad in Education|
  • Khaleq Nawaj Khan in Literature
  • Zohra Begum Kazi in Social Work(Posthumously)
  • Dilwar Khan in Literature

[edit] 2009

Ekushey Padak 2009 winners (13) are-

[edit] 2010

Ekushey Padak 2010 winners (15) are

  • Dr. Golam Moula (Posthumous) for Language movement
  • Mohammad Rafique for Literature
  • Sayeed Ahmed (Posthumous) in Literature (Playwright)
  • Helena Khan in Literature
  • Dr. Muntassir Mamoon for Research
  • ASHK Sadik (Posthumous) as Social Personality
  • Sangharaj Jyotipal Mohathero (Posthumous) as social personality
  • AKM Hanif (Hanif Sangket) as social personality
  • Partha Pratim Majumdar (Mime Artiste)
  • Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu(Theatre)
  • AKM Abdur Rouf (Posthumous) as artiste
  • Imdad Hossain as artiste
  • Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul as music artiste
  • Begum Laila Hasan as artiste
  • Mohammad Alam (Posthumous)as photojournalism

Each recipient will get Taka 1 lakh, a gold medal weighing three tolas and citation.

[edit] 2011

Ekushey Padak 2011 winners (15) are Ekushey Padak 2011 [3].

  • Shawkat Ali (posthumous) (language movement),
  • Mosharef Uddin Ahmed (posthumous) (language movement),
  • Ustad Akther Sadmani (posthumous) (arts),
  • Abdul Haq Chowdhury (posthumous) (research),
  • Amanul Haq (language movement)
  • Baul Karim Shah (arts),
  • Josna Biswas (arts),
  • Nurjahan Begum (journalism),
  • Al Haj Md Abul Hashem (social service),
  • Md Hares Uddin (Polan Sarker) (social service),
  • Mohammed Delwar Hossain (social service),
  • Shaheed Quaderi (language and literature) and
  • Abdul Haq (language and literature).

[edit] See also
History and Events
People
Commemoration

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b National Awards, from Banglapedia.
  2. ^ Obituary of Nitun Kundu, The Daily Star, September 16, 2006.
  3. ^ http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-02-14/news/131448
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