title: List of Independence Day Award recipients (1977–1979)
text: # List of Independence Day Award recipients (1977–1979)
  
  * List of Independence Day Award recipients
  * 1977–1979
  * 1980–1989
  * 1990–1999
  * 2000–2009
  * 2010–2019
  * 2020–2029
  
  Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honours - Winners, 1977-1979:
  
  ## 1977
  
  | Recipients | Area | Note |
  | - | - | - |
  | Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani | social work | posthumous |
  | Kazi Nazrul Islam | literature | The national poet of Bangladesh |
  | Mokarram Hussain Khundker | science and technology | posthumous |
  | Zainul Abedin | arts | posthumous |
  | Mahbub Alam Chashi | rural development | |
  | Brig. Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury | medical science | |
  | Dr. Md. Zafrullah Chowdhury | population control | |
  | Runa Laila | music | |
  | Habildar Mostak Ahmad | sports | |
  | Enayet Karim | welfare | First Ambassador from Bangladesh to USA |
  
  ## 1978
  
  | Recipients | Area | Note |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jasimuddin | literature | posthumous |
  | Dr. Mazharul Haque | education | posthumous |
  | Ranada Prasad Saha | social welfare | posthumous |
  | Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim | social welfare | |
  | Shah Muhammad Hasanuzzaman | science and technology | |
  | Abdul Ahad | music | |
  | Mahfuzul Haque | rural development | |
  | Alamgir M. A. Kabir | population control | |
  
  ## 1979
  
  | Recipients | Area | Note |
  | - | - | - |
  | Abul Mansur Ahmed | literature | posthumous |
  | Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain | science and technology | |
  | Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed Choudhury | education | posthumous |
  | Firoza Begum | music | |
  | Samar Das | music | |
  | Phuljhuri Khan | music | |
  | Kamrul Hassan | arts | Designed the Flag of Bangladesh |
  | Tahera Kabir | social welfare | |
  | Nur Mohammad Mandal | population control | |
  