Gallantry awards A total of 677 participants of the
Bangladesh War of Independence received gallantry awards for their service and bravery. Four categories of gallantry awards were created after the war in Bangladesh. These were: •
Bir Sreshtho The
Bir Sreshtho (), is the highest military award of
Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered
martyrs.
Recipients All the recipients of this award were killed in action during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. The award was published by the
Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. It is the highest military award of Bangladesh, similar to the U.S.
Medal of Honor or the UK's
Victoria Cross. It has only been given in 1973 to seven people. Listed below are the people who have received the Bir Srestho medal. They are all considered 'Shaheed' (Martyrs). •
Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir •
Sepoy Hamidur Rahman •
Sepoy Mostafa Kamal •
Engine room artificer Ruhul Amin •
Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman •
Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rouf •
Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh •
Bir Uttom ()
Recipients •
Bir Bikrom () A total of 175 fighters have been awarded on 15 December 1973 for their heroic actions at the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The government of Bangladesh declared the name of the awardees in Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. In recent 1 Bir Bikrom title award postponed. So total Bir Bikram awarded person is 174. •
Bir Protik () This award was officially declared on 15 December 1973 through the
Bangladesh Gazette. According to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, a total of 426 people have received the award.
Liberation War medals Civilian awards •
Independence Award The
Independence Day Award (), also termed
Independence Award (),
Swadhinata Padak, and
Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by the government of
Bangladesh. Introduced in 1977, this award is bestowed upon Bangladeshi citizens or organisations in recognition of substantial contribution to one of many fields, including the War of Liberation, the
language movement, education, literature, journalism, public service, science and technology, medical science, social science, song, games and sports, fine arts, rural development, and other areas. •
Bangladesh Freedom Honour -(); posthumously conferred on former Indian prime minister
Indira Gandhi. •
Bangladesh Liberation War Honour -(); conferred to heads of states and heads of governments: • King
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck • President
Fidel Castro • President
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed • President
Pranab Mukherjee • Prime Minister
Inder Kumar Gujral. • Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee • Acting Prime Minister
Gulzarilal Nanda • President
Ram Baran Yadav • Prime Minister/ Acting Head of State
Girija Prasad Koirala • Prime Minister
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala • General Secretary
Leonid IIyich Brezhnev • President
Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny • Prime Minister
Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin • Prime Minister
Sir Edward Richard George Heath • President Marshal
Josip Broz Tito and October 2012. ==India==