Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi
Ekushey Padak recipient institution
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Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ উদীচী শিল্পীগোষ্ঠী) is the largest cultural organisation in Bangladesh. The organisation's goal is the struggle to build what it deems a just, free, and equal society.
বাংলাদেশ উদীচী শিল্পীগোষ্ঠী | |
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| Formation | 29 Oct 1968 |
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| Founder | Satyen Sen Ranesh Das Gupta |
| Type | Cultural |
| Registration no. | S-9478 |
| Headquarters | 14/2 Topkhana Road, Dhaka |
| Fields | Music, Drama, Dance, Recitation, Painting and literature |
Official language | Bangla, English |
General Secretary | Omit Ronjon De |
Vice President | Shivani Bhattacharya |
| Website | udichi |
History
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Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi was organised in East Pakistan by revolutionary novelists Satyen Sen, Ranesh Das Gupta along with numerous youths in 1968, and through 1971 it operated a cultural campaign. At the opening of the Bangladesh Liberation War, its members fought for independence.[1][2]
The 1999 Jessore bombings by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh,[3] in which 2 time bombs killed 10 people and injured another 150, was a terrorist attack on Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi (see list of massacres in Bangladesh.[4][5][6][7]
In 2013, the Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the country's most prestigious award.[2][1][8]
On the evening of 19 December 2025, a group of people attacked the office of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi and set it on fire.[9][10]
