List of Independence Day Award recipients (1980–1989) explained

Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honours - Winners, 1980-1989:

1980

Recipients	Area	Note
	education	posthumous
	education
Alhaz Zahir Uddin	social work	posthumous
	literature	posthumous
	science and technology	posthumous
	music
	science and technology

1981

Recipients	Area	Note
	journalism	posthumous
	music	posthumous
	social work	posthumous
	social work	posthumous
	sports	posthumous
	literature
Waliullah Patwari	education
	music

1982

Recipients	Area	Note
	education	posthumous
	social work	posthumous
	literature	posthumous
	fine arts	posthumous
	social service

1983

In the year 1983, 4 individuals and 1 organization were awarded:

Recipients	Area	Note
	literature
	education	posthumous
	education
	medical science	organization

1984

In the year 1984, 6 individuals and 2 institutes were awarded.One person was awarded.

Recipients	Area	Note
Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda^[1]
	journalism
	literature
	literature
	music^[2]
	dance	posthumous
	rural development
	social service	organization

1985

One person was awarded.

1986

Two individuals and one organization were awarded.

Recipients	Area	Note
	rural development	organization
	science and technology
	sports

1987

Three individuals and one organization were awarded.

Recipients	Area	Note
	social work
	literature
	rural development^[3]
	medical science	organization

1988

Two individuals were awarded.

Recipients	Area	Note
	fine arts
Md. Nurul Alam	social work	posthumous

1989

Two individuals were awarded.

Recipients	Area	Note
Professor Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman	medical science and social work
	sports

Notes and References

1. Book: Murshed, Md Mahbub. Qudrat-i-Khuda, Muhammad . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Banglapedia

   national encyclopedia of Bangladesh

   . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh . . 984-32-0576-6 . 2003 . 2008-01-17 . http://search.com.bd/banglapedia/HT/Q_0015.htm . 2003.
2. Book: Khan, Mobarak Hossain. Khan, (Ustad) Ayet Ali . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Banglapedia

   national encyclopedia of Bangladesh

   . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh . . 984-32-0576-6 . 2003 . 2008-01-17 . http://search.com.bd/banglapedia/HT/K_0168.htm . 2003.
3. Web site: PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS . 2008-01-17 . Grameen Bank, Bangladesh .