Rafiqul Islam (activist)

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 Mother Language Lovers of the World which was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 for the same cause.[1]

For other people with the same name, see Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation).
Rafiqul Islam
Born(1950-07-16)16 July 1950
Comilla, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died20 November 2013(2013-11-20) (aged 63)
Vancouver, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Death

Islam had lived in Canada for 18 years until he died of leukaemia on 20 November 2013 in Vancouver General Hospital in Canada.[8]

References
  1. "About Mother Language Lovers of the World Society". www.motherlanguagelovers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  2. "A Brief History of International Mother Language Day By Bangla Caravan" (PDF). Canadian Commission of UNESCO. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  3. "Mother Language Day architect dies". bdnews24.com. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  4. "Rafiqul will live on in people's hearts". The Daily Star. 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  5. "14 individuals, Navy picked for Independence Award 2016". The Daily Star. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  6. "15 personalities, Navy receive Independence Award". The Daily Star. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  7. "Muhith, Maqsudul, Bannya are among 14 named for 2016 Independence Award". bdnews24.com. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  8. "Mother Language Day architect Rafiqul dies". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
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