Rafiqul Islam | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 November 2013
Vancouver, Canada | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Rafiqul Islam (16 July 1950 – 20 November 2013) [1] was a Bangladeshi-born Canadian [2] language activist. [3] [4] He played a major role in achieving recognition of February 21 as the International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. [1] He was awarded Independence Day Award posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh in 2016. [5] [6] [7] He was a member of Vancouver-based organization The Mother Language Lovers Of The World which was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 for the same cause. [1]
Rafiqul Islam had lived in Canada for 18 years until he died of leukaemia on 20 November 2013 in Vancouver General Hospital in Canada. [8]
Rafiqul Islam | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 November 2013
Vancouver, Canada | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Rafiqul Islam (16 July 1950 – 20 November 2013) [1] was a Bangladeshi-born Canadian [2] language activist. [3] [4] He played a major role in achieving recognition of February 21 as the International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. [1] He was awarded Independence Day Award posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh in 2016. [5] [6] [7] He was a member of Vancouver-based organization The Mother Language Lovers Of The World which was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 for the same cause. [1]
Rafiqul Islam had lived in Canada for 18 years until he died of leukaemia on 20 November 2013 in Vancouver General Hospital in Canada. [8]