Rafiqul Islam (activist)
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Rafiqul Islam | |
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| Born | 16 July 1950 |
| Died | 20 November 2013 (aged 63) Vancouver, Canada |
| 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]