What is Bazlur Rahman Badal?
[[File:Bazlur Rahman Badal.jpg|right|200px]] '''Bazlur Rahman Badal''' (1921/1922 – 19 August 2018) was a Bangladeshi dancer. He was awarded [[Shilpakala Padak]] in 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/shilpakala-padak-2014-conferred-3039|title=Shilpakala Padak 2014 conferred|date= February 21, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/independence-award-2017-announced-1362568|title=Independence Award 2017 announced|date=February 17, 2017|access-date=February 25, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was known for his dances inspired from the poem ''[[Bidrohi]]'' of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/04/d40304140293.htm|author=Novera Deepita|date=March 4, 2004|access-date=February 25, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|title=Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy honours seven performers|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227161446/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/04/d40304140293.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Badal died on 19 August 2018 in [[Rajshahi]], [[Bangladesh]] of [[pneumonia]] complicated from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] at the age of 95.<ref name=death>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/arts-entertainment/bazlur-rahman-badal-passes-away-1623136|title=Bazlur Rahman Badal passes away|date=2018-08-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Badal, Bazlur Rahman}} [[Category:1920s births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Bangladeshi entertainers]] [[Category:Dancers]] [[Category:People from Rajshahi Division]] {{bio-stub}}