List of carriers of the Ekushey Padak

This list includes holders of the Bangladeshi Order of Merit Ekushey Padak in chronological order . The short note after the name should make the reason or the function of the person clear.

1976

• Kazi Nazrul Islam (literature)
• Ibrahim Khan (literature)
• Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda (Education)
• Sufia Kamal (literature)
• Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (literature)
• Abdus Salam (journalism)
• Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah (journalism)

1977

• Shamsur Rahman (literature)
• Abdul Alim (music)
• Gaffar Chowdhury (literature)
• Altaf Mahmud (music)
• Rashid Chowdhury (painting)

1978

• Ahsan Habib (literature)
• Nurul Momen (literature)

1979

• Azizur Rahman (literature)
• Abdul Latif (music)
• Enamul Haque (education)

1980

• Abul Hussain (literature)
• Murtaza Bashir (painting)
• Rahat Khan (literature)

1981

• Obayedul Huq (journalism)
• Mustafa Nurul Islam (literature)
• Abdul Halim Chowdhury (music)

1982

• Abul Hasan (posthumously for literature)

1983

• Syed Waliullah (posthumously for literature)
• Abujafar Shamsuddin (literature)
• Shawkat Osman (literature)
• Syed Ali Ahsan (literature)

1984

• Rashid Karim (literature)
• Syed Shamsul Haq (literature)

1985

• Anisuzzaman (literature)
• Abdullah Al-Muti (science)
• Abu Jafar Obaydullah (literature)
• Gazi Shamsur Rahman (literature)
• Syed Jahangir (painting)

1986

• Qayyum Chowdhury
• Alauddin Al Azad (literature)
• Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (painting)
• Askar Ibne Shaikh (literature)
• Mobarak Hossain Khan (music)
• Dhir Ali Miah (Music)

1987

• Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal (music)
• Ahmed Humayun (journalism)
• Al Mahmud (literature)
• Jahanara Arzu (literature)
• Mohammad Moniruzzaman (literature)
• Principal Abul Kashem (Education)
• Mohammed Abu Naser (Education)

1988

• Ashraf Siddique (literature)
• Fazal Shahabuddin (literature)

1989

• Razia Mazid (literature)
• Shahed Ali (literature)

1990

• Shawkat Ali (literature)

1991

• Ahmed Sharif (Education)
• AT THE. Harun-ar-Rashid (science)
• AF Salahuddin Ahmed (Education)
• Kabir Chowdhury (literature)
• Foyez Ahmad (literature)
• Sanzida Khatun (literature)

1992

• Mobashwer Ali (Education)

1993

• Ataus Samad (journalism)

1994

• Humayun Ahmed (literature)

1995

• Ahmad Rafiq (literature)
• Shykh Seraj (journalism)

1996

• Mohammad Kamruzzaman (photography)
• Mostafa Zaman Abbasi (music)
• Sirajul Islam Chowdhury (Education)

1997

• Abu Ishak (literature)
• Momtazuddin Ahmed (Drama)
• Razia Khan (literature)
• Shantosh Gupta (journalism)

1998

• Ranesh Das Gupta (literature)

• Akhtaruzzaman Iliad (literature)
• Rokanuzzaman Khan (journalism)
• Abul Kashem Sandwip (journalism)
• Ferdousi Mazumder (theater)
• Mahbuba Rahman (music)

1999

• Abul Kashem Sandwip (Education)
• Abdur Rakib Khandakar (sports)

2000

• Abdul Jabbar (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Abdus Salam (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Abul Barkat (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Rafiq Uddin Ahmed (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (literature)

2001

• Shah Abdul Karim (composer)
• Abdul Matin (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )

2004

• Mustafa Manwar (art)
• Mohammad Moniruzzaman Mia (Education)
• Wakil Ahmed (Research)
• Farida Hossain (literature)
• Nilufar Yasmin (posthumously for music)
• Moniruzzaman Monir (music)
• Nawab Faizunnesa (posthumously for social work)
• Zobaida Hannan (social work)
• AZM Enayetullah Khan (journalism)
• Chashi Nazrul Islam (film)

2005

• Sofiur Rahman (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Iqbal Mahmud (education)
• Abu Saleh (literature)

2006

• Jasimuddin Ahmed (Education)
• Shukomol Barua (education)
• Anwara Begum (Education)
• M. Asaduzzaman (Education)
• Abul Kalam Monjur Morshed (literature)
• Md. Mustafa Nur Ul Islam (literature)
• Hamiduzzaman Khan (art)
• Begum Rawshan Ara Mustafiz (Music)
• Anwaruddin Khan (posthumously for music)
• Fatema-tuz Zohra (music)
• Gaziul Hasan Khan (journalism)
• Shahadat Chowdury (posthumously for journalism)
• Aftab Ahmed (photography)

2007

• Muhammad Habibur Rahman (literature)
• Mohammad Mahfuzullah (literature)
• Anwar Pervez (posthumously for music)
• Kalim Sharafi (music)
• Manzoor Alam Beg (posthumously for photography)
• Selim Al Deen (theater)

2008

• Nazma Chowdhury (research)
• Khandaker Nurul Alam (music)
• Waheedul Haq (posthumously for music)
• Shyam Sundar Baishnab (posthumously for music)
• Shefali Ghosh (posthumously for music)
• Muzaffar Ahmed (Economy)
• Muzaffer Ahmad (Education)
• Khaleq Nawaj Khan (literature)
• Zohra Begum Kazi (posthumously for social work)
• Dilwar Khan (literature)

2009

• Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir (Education)
• Syed Anwar Hossain (research)
• Mahbub Ul Alam Chowdhury (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Ashraf Uz Zaman (posthumously for journalism)
• Begum Bilkis Nasir Uddin (Music)
• Manik Chandra Shaha (posthumously for journalism)
• Humayun Kabir Balu (posthumously for journalism)
• Selina Hossain (literature)
• Shamsuzzaman Khan (research)
• Quazi Kholiquzzaman (Poverty Reduction)
• Muhammad Rafi Khan (social work)
• Monsur Ul Karim (Art)
• Ramendu Majumdar (theater)

2010

• Golam Moula (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Mohammad Rafiq (literature)
• Sayeed Ahmed (posthumously for literature)
• Helena Khan (literature)
• Muntassir Mamoon (research)
• ASHK Sadik (posthumously for social merit)
• Sangharaj Jyotipal Mohathero (posthumously as a freedom fighter)
• Hanif Sanket (for social merit)
• Partha Pratim Majumdar (drama)
• Nasiruddin Yousuff (film)
• AKM Abdur Rouf (acting) (posthumous)
• Imdad Hossain (acting)
• Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (music)
• Begum Laila Hasan (Actor)
• Mohammad Alam (posthumously for journalism)

2011

• Shawkat Ali (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Mosharef Uddin Ahmed (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Ustad Akther Sadmani (posthumously for art)
• Abdul Haq Chowdhury (posthumously for research)
• Amanul Haq (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Baul Karim Shah (art)
• Josna Biswas (art)
• Nurjahan Begum (journalism)
• Al Haj Md Abul Hashem (Social Work)
• Md Hares Uddin ( Polan Sarker ) (Social Work)
• Mohammed Delwar Hossain (social work)
• Shaheed Quaderi (literature)
• Abdul Haq (literature)

2012

• Tareque Masud (posthumously for art)
• Mobinul Azim (Art)
• Humayun Azad (posthumously for literature)
• Ashfaque Munier (journalism)
• Ehtesham Haydar Chowdhury (journalism)
• Mamotaz Begum (posthumously for her role in the Bengali language movement )
• Abul Khair Nazmul Karim (Education)
• Monsur Alam Khan (Education)
• Ajoy Kumar Roy (Education)
• Karunamaya Goswami (art)
• Mamunur Rashid (art)
• Inamul Haque (art)
• Shuddhananda Mahather (social work)
• Habibur Rahman Milan (journalism)
• Baren Chakraborthi (Science)

2013

• MA Wadud (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Ajit Kumar Guha (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Mohammad Kamruz-zaman (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Tofazzal Hossain (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Enamul Hoque Mostafa Shahid (freedom fighter)
• Nurjahan Murshid (posthumously for social work)
• Samson H. Chowdhury (posthumously for social work)
• Rafiq Azad (literature)
• Asad Chowdhury (literature)
• Kaderi Kibria (Art)
• Jamaluddin Hossain (art)
• Charon Kobi Bijoy Sarkar (posthumously for art)
• Udichi Shilpi Goshthi (art)

2014

• Badrul Alam (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Shamsul Huda (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• SM Solaiman (posthumously for art)
• Samarjit Roy Chowdhury (art)
• Ramkanai Das (art)
• Keramat Maula (art)
• Golam Sarwar (journalism)
• Enamul Huq (research)
• Anupam Sen (education)
• Abdus Shakur (posthumously for literature)
• Jamil Chowdhury (literature)
• Belal Chowdhury (literature)
• Rashid Haidar (literature)
• Biprodas Barua (literature)
• Mojibur Rahman (social work)

2015

• Pearu Sardar (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Mujibur Rahman Devdas (freedom fighter)
• Dwijen Sharma (literature)
• Mohammad Nurul Huda (literature)
• MA Mannan (Education)
• Sanat Kumar Saha (Education)
• Abul Kalam Mohammed Zakaria (Research)
• Kamal Lohani (journalism)
• Faridur Reza Sagar (media)
• Abdur Rahman Boyati (posthumously for art)
• Abul Hayat (art)
• ATM Shamsuzzaman (art)
• Jharna Dhara Chowdhury (Social Work)
• Srimat Sattyaprio Mohather (Social Work)
• Arup Ratan Choudhury (Social Work)

2016

• Kazi Ebadul Haque (for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Sayed Haider (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Syed Golam Kibria (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Jashimuddin Ahmed (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Jahanara Ahmed (film)
• Amaresh Roy Chowdhury (Music)
• Shaheen Samad (music)
• Amanul Haque (art)
• Kazi Anwar Hossain (posthumously for art)
• Mafidul Haque (art)
• Toab Khan (journalism)
• ABM Abdullah (research)
• Mongsen Ching Monsin (research)
• Jyoti Prakash Dutta (literature)
• Hayat Mahmud (literature)
• Habibullah Siraji (literature)

2017

• Sharifa Khatun (for her role in the Bengali language movement )
• Shushama Das (music)
• Julhas Uddin Ahmed (music)
• Ustad Azizul Islam (music)
• Tanvir Mokammel (film)
• Syed Abdullah Khalid (art)
• Sara Zaker (acting)
• Abul Momen (journalism)
• Syed Akram Hossain (Research)
• Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin (Education)
• Jamilur Reza Choudhury (science)
• Mahmud Hassan (social work)
• Omar Ali (literature)
• Sukumar Barua (literature)
• Swadesh Roy (journalism)
• Shamim Ara Nipa (Art)
• Rahmatullah Al Mahmud Selim (music)

2018

• AZ Muhammad Takiullah (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Mirza Mazharul Islam (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Sheikh Sadi Khan (music)
• Shujeo Shyam (music)
• Indra Mohan Rajbongshi (music)
• Khurshid Alam (music)
• Motiul Haque Khan (music)
• Minu Haque (dance)
• Humayun Faridi (acting)
• Nikhil Sen (drama)
• Kalidas Karmakar (art)
• Golam Mostofa (photography)
• Ranesh Moitro (journalism)
• Zulekha Haque (research)
• Mainul Islam (economy)
• Ilias Kanchan (social work)
• Syed Manzoorul Islam (language and literature)
• Saiful Islam Khan (Poet Hayat Saef) (language and literature)
• Subrata Barua (language and literature)
• Robiul Hussain (language and literature)
• Khalekdad Chowdhury (language and literature)

2019

• Halima Khatun (posthumously for her role in the Bengali language movement )
• Golam Arif Tipu (for his role in the Bengali language movement)
• Monowara Islam (for her role in the Bengali language movement)

• Subir Nandi (music)
• Azam Khan (posthumous, music)
• Khairul Anam Shakil (music)
• Lucky Enam (acting)
• Suborna Mustafa (acting)
• Liaquat Ali Lucky (Actor)

• Sayeda Khanam (photography)
• Jamal Uddin Ahmed (art)
• Khitindra Chandra Baishya (freedom fighter)

• Biswajit Ghosh (research)
• Mahbubul Haque (research)
• Pranab Kumar Barua (Education)
• Rizia Rahman (language and literature)
• Imdadul Haq Milon (language and literature)
• Ashim Saha (language and literature)
• Anwara Syed Haq (language and literature)
• Mainul Ahsan Saber (language and literature)
• Harishankar Jaladas (language and literature)

2020

• Aminul Islam Badsha (posthumously for his role in the Bengali language movement )
• Begum Dalia Nowshin (music)
• Shangkar Roy (music)
• Mita Haque (music)
• Golam Mostafa Khan (dance)
• SM Mohsin (acting)
• Farida Zaman (art)
• Haji Aktar Sardar (posthumously as a freedom fighter)
• Mesbahul Haque (freedom fighter)
• Abdul Jabbar (freedom fighter)
• Zafar Wazed (journalism)
• Jahangir Alam (research)
• Allama Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman (Research)
• Bikiron Prasad Barua (Education)
• Shamsul Alam (economy)
• Sufi Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (Welfare)
• Nurun Nabi (language and literature)
• Sikder Aminul Haque (posthumously for language and literature)
• Nazmun Nesa Peyari (language and literature)
• Sayeba Akhter (medicine)
• Bangladesh Fish Research Institute (research)

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.bengalfoundation.org/index.php?view=exhibition/FullProfile.php&artistID=3&page=1&subpage=2
2. ↑ http://www.dhakaartcenter.org/artist_directory/Qayyum_chowdhury.html
3. ↑ 10 awarded Ekushey Padak . In: The Daily Star , February 17, 2004. 
4. ↑ 13 receive Ekushey Padak . In: The Daily Star . February 20, 2009.
5. ^ 15 named for Ekushey Padak — 2010 . In: The Daily Star . February 17, 2010.
6. ↑ একুশে পদক ঘোষণা - প্রথম আলো . Prothom-alo.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2012. 
7. ↑ একুশে পদক পেলেন ১৫ জন bdnews24.com . Ns.bdnews24.com. October 23, 2006. Accessed on February 20, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ 13 named for Ekushey Padak 2013 . 
9. ↑ 21 awarded with Ekushey Padak 2019. February 6, 2019, accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
10. ↑ 21 named for Ekushey Padak 2020. February 5, 2020, accessed August 8, 2020 .