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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. It 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. In 2013, the organisation was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the country's most prestigious award.[1][2][3] 1999 Jessore bombings by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh,[4] in which 2 time bombs killed 10 people and injure another 150, was a terrorist attack on Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi (see list of massacres in Bangladesh.[5][6][7][8]
Formation | 1968 |
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Founder | Satyen Sen, Ranesh Das Gupta |
Type | Cultural |
Headquarters | Dhaka |
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Fields | Music, Drama, Dance, Recitation, Painting and literature |
Official language | Bangla, English |
Website | udichi |
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