Ferdousi Majumdar gets Swadhinata Puroshkar
Swadhinata Padak may be the highest civilian honor in the united states. And this year several distinguished personalities have received this honor. Cultural personality Ferdousi Majumdar is between the recipients. The medals were handed over to the awardees at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the administrative centre on October 29.
With respect to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the prestigious award was presented by Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque. Relatives of the award recipients were also present at the occasion. Prime Minister took part in the case via video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban. Bangladesh honors individuals and institutions with the award yearly since 1977, prior to the Independence Day.
Apart from Ferdousi Majumder there have been other award recipients namely, Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi (Bir Pratik), late Commander (Retd.) AbdurRauf, late Muhammad Anwar Pasha and Azizur Rahman in independence and Liberation War, Professor Dr Md Ubaydul Kabir Chowdhury and Professor Dr AKM Muktadir in Medical Science, Kalipada Das in culture and Bharateswari Homes, a boarding school for girls found in Mirzapur under Tangail district, in education category. The latest awards received in 2019 to 13 individuals and an organization.
