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- On October 1, the ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ was conferred on the former Indian President, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and the former Prime Minister, Gulzarilal Nanda.
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Oct 6, 2013 · V.K. Krishna Menon was one of the prominent recipients of the ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ for his contribution to the country’s independence as the Defence Minister of India. The...
The Bangladesh Freedom Honour ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ স্বাধীনতা সম্মাননা Bānglādēśa sbādhīnatā sam'mānanā) is the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh for foreigners or non-nationals. The award was posthumously conferred on former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi on 25 July 2011. [1] .
Dec 8, 2021 · In 2013, Bhattacharyya was invited to Bangladesh and awarded the War of Liberation War Honour for his role in training a batch of Mukti Bahini in close combat tactics.
- Indira Gandhi
- Anthony Mascarenhas
- JFR Jacob
- William as Ouderland
- Simon Dring
- Sydney H Schanberg
- Sir William Mark Tully
- Edward Kennedy
- Allen Ginsberg
- George Harrison MBE
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, the prime minister of India during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, was the one extended official assistance to take down military occupation in East Pakistan while giving shelter to some 10 million refugees who crossed the border. She opened India's eastern borders allowing streams of refugees to take shelter....
Anthony Mascarenhas was one of those who showed the world the real scenario and helped turn the world public opinion in favour of our Liberation War in 1971. Mascarenhas, who was the assistant editor at The Morning News in Karachi, was sent to East Pakistan by the government to promote the Pakistani propaganda. Overwhelmed by the atrocities, he fle...
Lieutenant General Jack Farj Rafael Jacob aka JFR Jacob was the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command during 1971. Jacob came up with the "war of movement" plan which was adopted to invade East Pakistan when the war was at its peak. The plan made the Indian Army's incursion of Dhaka successful in just 15 days. His plan was to bypass i...
Dutch-Australian William AS Ouderland was called the true friend of Bangladesh for his active participation and heroic contribution to the war of liberation in 1971. He was the only foreign national to be honored with the fourth highest gallantry award, the Bir Protik, by the Government of Bangladesh. Born on 6 December 1917 in Amsterdam, Ouderland...
In 1971, when the Pakistani rulers forcibly evicted the foreign journalists, the only one managed to escape and witness the genocide was Simon Dring. Before the infamous 'Operation Searchlight' (the barbaric genocide in Dhaka), Pakistan Army locked up some 200 foreign journalists at the Hotel Intercontinental so that they cannot witness the atrocit...
Sydney H Schanberg was the first foreign journalists who break the news of genocide committed by the Pakistani army in West Pakistan to the world in 1971. He was the South Asian correspondent of 'The New York Times' during the liberation war. He alerted the world by sending shocking stories including the massacre in his media after the genocide sta...
Sir William Mark Tully was BBC's India correspondent in 1971. He had been the former New Delhi bureau chief of BBC, a position he held for 20 years. During the war of 1971, when the news media controlled by the then Pakistani junta used to carry out government propaganda, Mark Tully's coverage of the war on BBC radio was the people's chief source o...
Edward Kennedy, also known as Ted Kennedy, is one of the longest serving senators in the US who supported Bangladesh in 1971 against his government that sided with Pakistan. Kennedy traveled to India to inspect the situation. After visiting the refugee camps in India, as couldn't enter East Pakistan in times of liberation war, he issued a scathing ...
Irwin Allen Ginsberg, an American poet, composed his famous poem 'September on Jessore Road' in min-September of 1971 that depicted the heart-wrenching emotional journey of those nine long months of liberation war. "September on Jessore Road" is a 152-line long poem on the harrowing portrayal of mass-misery. The month 'September' here is basically ...
George Harrison, a celebrated name in the history of independent Bangladesh, was an English singer, songwriter, music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of the Beatles. On 1 August 1971, former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar organized a pair of...
They commenced a historic struggle for national independence on 26 March, 1971. The inspirational pronouncement came from the greatest Bangalee of all time, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. We sustained torture, and loss of lives and property.
Bangladesh Liberation War Honour-(Bengali: বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ সম্মাননা Bānglādēśa muktiyud'dha sam'mānanā); conferred to heads of states and heads of governments: King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck; President Fidel Castro; President Pranab Mukherjee; Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral.
Apr 9, 2017 · Bangladesh honours Indian martyrs of Liberation War. 843. Published on April 9, 2017. 1. Honouring the families of seven Indian soldiers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the history of Bangladesh has been written by the blood of the Indian martyrs along with valiant freedom fighters of Bangladesh.
