Honour for Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Bangladesh is set to honour for former P.M. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his outstanding support for the country's independence from Pakistan in 1971 when he was a Lok Sabha member. Bangladesh will hand over Vajpayee's "Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to the country from 6^th June 2015. Mr. Vajpayee, who is unwell, could not visit Bangladesh to receive the honour.