Khalil Kazi OBE is a British-Bangladeshi social activist.[1] He was awarded the Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for his social work in 2017.[2] [3] [4]
Kazi was born on the 27th September 1942 in Manikganj District, East Bengal, British India.[5] He graduated from Manikganj Government High School and Government Debendra College. He did his master's degree at Cardiff University and another masters at University of Westminster.
Kazi fought in Sector 2 and Sector 3 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1974. He established Dhaka Theaters and Dhaka Association in London.
In February 1984, Kazi build a Shaheed Minar, a monument to the Bengali Language movement, in the Bangladesh Center. In 2000, he received the Order of the British Empire.