Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that descendants of Indian soldiers killed or injured in the Liberation War of 1971 will be awarded the Mujib Scholarship.
The scholarship, named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be awarded on Wednesday, she said.
A total of 200 family members of Indian army personnel will receive the scholarships, according to media reports.
“We are grateful for the valuable support from the Indian government and the people of India during the Liberation War in 1971,” Sheikh Hasina said.
“I will confer the Mujib Scholarship to the direct descendants of the Indian soldiers who were killed or injured during the Bangladesh Liberation War,” she added.
According to the government of Bangladesh, a total of 1,984 Indian army personnel were killed in the Liberation War.
The Sheikh Hasina-led government has in the past honoured other Indian supporters of Bangladesh’s freedom movement.
