Awards Bestowed by Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Indian nationals Swadhinata Samman Smt Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India List of Recipients of Bangladesh Liberation War Honour Date Name Designation 20 October 2012 Shri I. K. Gujral Former Prime Minister of India 4 March 2013 Shri Pranab Mukherjee President of India 1 October 2013 Shri Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Former President of India 1 October 2013 Shri Gulzarilal Nanda Former Prime Minister of India List of Recipients of Friends of Liberation War Honour on 27 March 2012 Sl.No. Name Designation 1. Shri Sachindra Lal Singh Former Chief Minister, Tripura, India 2. Shri Chandra Rajeshwar Rao Former General Secretary, Communist Party of India 3. Shri Siddhartha Shankar Ray Former Minister, India 4. Shri Purno Agitok Sangma Former Speaker of Lok Sabha, India 5. Justice Syed Sadat Abul Masud, Padma Bhushan Former Justice, Kolkata High Court, India 6. Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi Former Minister, Tripura, India 7. Shri Dilip Chakraborty Professor and Writer, India 8. Shree Samar Sen Former Ambassador, India 9. Shri Debdulal Bandyopadhaya News Caster, All India Radio and Doordarshan, India 10. Pandit Ravi Shankar, Bharat Ratna World Famous Musician and Composer, India 11. Sursamrat Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Padma Vibhushan World Famous Musician, India 12. Mother Teresa Nobel Laureate, Social Worker, India 13. Begum Wahida Rehman Film Actress, Social Worker, Madras, India 14. Shri Sunil Dutt Former Minister, Film Actor, Director and Producer, India 15. Smt. Nargis Dutt Film Actress, Social Worker, India 16. Shri Joy Prokash Narayan, Bharat Ratna Political Leader, India 17. Shri Jyoti Basu Former Chief Minister, West Bengal, India 18. Shri Gouri Prasanna Majumdar Lyricist, India 19. Shri Annada Shankar Roy Poet and Writer, India 20. Shri Babu Jagjivan Ram Former Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, India 21. Smt. Arundhati Ghose Ambassador, Diplomat, India 22. Shri Bhupesh Gupta Former member of Rajya Sabha, India 23. Janab Kaifi Azmi Poet and Lyricist,India 24. Shri Bhupen Hazarika, Padma Vibhushan Lyricist, Musician, Singer, Poet, Film Maker, India 25. Barrister Subrata Roy Chowdhury Lawyer, Writer, India 26. Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw, Padma Former Chief of the Army Staff, Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Military Cross Indian Army 27. Lieutenant General Jagajit Singh Aurora, PVSM, Former GOC-in-C Eastern Padma Bhusan Command, Indian Army 28. Lieutenant General (Retd) Jack Frederick Ralph Former Chief of Staff of Eastern Jacob, Commendation of Merit, PVSM Command, Indian Army 29. Shaheed Lance Naik Alber Ekka, Param Vir Chakra 14 Guard Regiment, Indian Army 30. Shri Narayan Desai Social Worker, India 31. Shri Mr. Manik Sarker Chief Minister of Tripura, India 32. Shri Ishwari Prasad Gupta Former Chief Secretary, Tripura, India 33. Dr. Rathin Datta, Padmasree Former Surgeon Superintendent, G.B. Hospital, Tripura, India 34. Begum Rawshan Ara Sangma Teacher and Social Worker, Meghalaya, India 35. Shri Dasharath Dev Burma Former Chief Minister, Tripura, India 36. Shrimati Lata Mungeshkar, Padma Bhushan, Padma World Famous Singer, India Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna 37. Shri Durga Prashad Dhar Former Political Advisor to the Prime Minister of India 38. Major General S. S. Uban PVSM, AVSM Trainer and Organizer of Mukib Bahini, Indian Army 39. Shri Golak Bhihari Majumder Former Regional Commander, BSF, India 40. Shri P N Haksar Former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister of India 41. Dr. Karan Singh Former Minister of India 42. Sarad Swaran Singh Former Foreign Minister of India 43. Shri Sarat Chandra Sinha Former Chief Minister of Assam, India 44. Shri Hemanta Kumar Mukhapadhay Singer, Composer and Music Director, India 45. Shri Angshuman Roy Singer and Composer, India 46. Akashbani (All India Radio) 47. Kolkata University Shahayak Samiti List of Recipients of Friends of Liberation War Honour on 20 October 2012 48. Shri Sashanka S Banerjee Former Ambassador, India 49. Shri Dilip Chakraborty Journalist, India 50. Shri Narayan Desai Social Worker, India 51. Shri Manosh Ghosh Journalist, India 52. Janab Afzal Hossain Social Worker, India 53. Janab Ahammad Hossain Photographer and Social Worker, India 54. Shri Hiranmoy Karlekar Journalist, India 55. Shrimati Anjali Lahiri Social Worker, India 56. Dr. Ashok Mitra Politician and Economist, India 57. Shri Panjak Saha Journalist, India 58. Captain (Retd) M. N. R. Samant Maha Vir Chakra Indian Navy, India 59. Shri Tarun Sanyal Journalist and Professor, India 60. Shri Pabitra Sarkar Educationalist, India 61. Shri Robin Sengupta Journalist and Photographer, India 62. Brigadier (Retd) Sant Singh Maha Vir Chakra BAR, psc Indian Army, India 63. Col.(Retd) Ashok Tara Vir Chakra Indian Army, India 64. Shri Upen Tarafdar Cultural Activist, India 65. Janab Mansur Ali Former Deputy Minister, Tripura, India 66. Begum Gouri Ayyub Professor and Social Worker, India 67. Janab Kaifi Azmi Padmashree Poet and Lyricist, India 68. Shri Dipendranath Bandyopadhyay Author, Social Worker and Journalist, India 69. Shri Sibnath Banerjee Politician, India 70. Shri Anil Bhattacharya Journalist, Tripura, India 71. Shri Bhupen Datta Bhaumik Journalist, India 72. Dr. Sisir Kumar Bose Physician, India 73. Shri Nirendranath Chakraverti Poet, India 74. Shri Nripen Chakraverti Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Communist Party (Marxist), Tripura, India 75. Shrimati Maitreyi Devi Novelist, Poet and Social Worker, India 76. Professor Bidhu Bhushan Dutta Professor and Social Worker, India 77. Shaheed Lance Naik Albert Ekka Param Vir Chakra 14 Guard Regiment, Indian Army, India 78. Shri Santosh Kumar Ghosh Journalist, India 79. Dr. Phulrenu Guha Educationist and Social Worker, India 80. Shri Bhupesh Gupta Former Member of Rajya Sabha, India 81. Shri Gobinda Halder Lyricist, India 82. Shrimati Kalpana Datta Joshi Social Worker, India 83. Janab Maulana Abdul Latif Social Worker, India 84. Shri Gouri Prassanna Majumdar Lyricist, India 85. Shri Dilip Mukharji Politician and Professor, India 86. Shri Santosh Mukherjee Former Government Official and Social Worker, Tripura, India 87. Brigadier (Retd) Kailash Prasad Pande Maha Vir Chakra Indian Army, India 88. Babu Jagjivan Ram Former Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, India 89. Shri Chandra Rajeshwar Rao Former General Secretary, Communist Party of India, India 90. Shri Nihar Ranjan Ray Professor and Historian, India 91. Captain Williamson A Sangma Former Chief Minister, Meghalaya, India 92. Shri Pranabesh Sen Cultural Activist, India 93. Dr. Triguna Sen Former Minister, India 94. Shri Amiya Tarafdar Photographer, India 95. Shri Aveek Sarkar Journalist, India List of Recipients of Friends of Liberation War Honour on 24-03-2013 96. Shri Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharyya Former Police Officer and Trainer of Mukti Bahini, India 97. Shri Mrinmoy Bhattacharyya Professor, India 98. Dr. Rupendra Chandra Bhowmik Physician and Social Worker, India 99. Dr. Amiya K. Chaudhuri Professor, India 100. Shri Dhiraj Choudhury Artist, India 101. Shri himangshu Mohan Choudhury Padmashree Former Government Official and Writer, India 102. Shri Rakhal Chandra Roy Choudhury Social Worker, Teacher and Writer, India 103. General Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM, ADC Former Chief of Army Staff and Politician, India 104. Shri Sandip Das Social Worker, India 105. Shri Mihir Deb Professor and Writer, India 106. Shri Jagdish Chandra Dey Painter, India 107. Shri P. C. Sorcar, Junior Magician, India 108. Janab Munshi Mohammad Fazle Kader Former Employee at Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, India 109. Dr. Dhrubajyoti Lahiry Professor, India 110. Shrimati Utpala Misra Human Rights Activist, India 111. Shri Mohanlal Saha Social Worker, Businessman and Writer, India 112. Shri Jyoti Prasad Saikia Journalist, Writer and Former Government Official, India 113. Shri Chandra Sekhar Samal Padmashree Former Chief Secretary of West Bengal, India 114. Shri Priyadarsan Sensarma Professor, India 115. Petty Officer Chiman Singh Yadav Maha Vir Chakra Indian Navy 116. Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora PVSM, Padma Former GOC-in-C, Eastern Bhushan Command, Indian Army 117. Janab Abu Sayid Ayub Writer and Philosopher, India 118. Shri Punendu Kumar Basu Professor, India 119. Shrimti Kabita Bose Human Rights Activist, India 120. Shri Pershanath Chowdhury Journalist, India 121. Shri Hari Sadhan Dasgupta Film Producer, India 122. Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Politician and Minister, India 123. Shri Kripesh Ranjan Ghosh Social Worker, India 124. Shrimati Ipsita Gupta Human Rights Activist, India 125. Shaheed Rifleman Pati Ram Gurung Maha Vir Chakra 5/1 Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army 126. Major General Antony Harold Edward Michigan Maha Vir Officer, Indian Army Chakra 127. Lady Ranu Mookerjee Social Worker, India 128. Shri Bijoy Singh Nahar Former Deputy Chief Minister, West Bengal, India 129. Shri Jitendra Chandra Pal Journalist, India 130. Vice Admiral Swaraj Prakash Maha Vir Chakra Commander of Naval Ship, Indian Navy 131. Shri Raghu Rai Padmashree Photographer and Photojournalist, India 132. Shaheed 2/Lt Shamsher Singh Samra Maha Vir Chakra 8 Guard Regiment, Indian Army 133. Shri Anil Kumar Sarkar Professor, India 134. Shrimati Nandini Satpathy Former Information and Broadcasting Minister, India 135. Dr. Arjun Sengupta Professor, India 136. Lt. General Sagat Singh PVSM, Padma Bhushan Commander of IV Corps, Indian Army 137. Indian Red Cross Society, West Bengal State Branch List of Recipients of Friends of Liberation War Honour on 01-10-2013 138. Dr. Zainal Abedin