Mohammad Abul Khayer | |
Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ আবুল খায়ের |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Place: | Bengal Presidency, British India |
Occupation: | Politician |
Awards: | Independence Day Award (2014) |
Mohammad Abul Khayer was a renowned politician, freedom fighter and social worker of Bangladesh. He recorded the 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[1] In 2014, he was awarded the "Independence and Independence War Liberation Award" for his unique general contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2]
Khayer was an Awami League MLA of erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Khairul Anam Shakil, Nazrul Sangeet singer, is his son. [3]
In 2014, Khayer was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian honour, for outstanding contribution to the country's independence movement and liberation war.[4]