1. Shamim Sikder was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh.
15 Facts About Shamim Sikder
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Shamim Sikder was born on 22 October 1952 in Bogura District, East Bangla Province, Dominion of Pakistan.
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Shamim Sikder was raised in Dhaka with her six brothers and a sister.
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Shamim Sikder was the sister of engineer Badsha Alam Sikder who was killed during the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals, and Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party leader Siraj Sikder who was a Marxist revolutionary politician.
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Shamim Sikder enrolled at the Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 15.
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In 1976, Shamim Sikder moved to the Sir John Cass School of Art in London at the age of 23.
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Shamim Sikder's works have been exhibited in both Bangladesh and abroad, most notably at the Commonwealth Institute in 1976 in London, United Kingdom.
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Shamim Sikder would drive her motorbike, fashioned in her leather and denim jackets to commute to Dhaka University in the 1970s.
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Shamim Sikder was married to Zakaria Chowdhury a Bengali language movement activist and Member of Parliament from Habiganj-2.
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Shamim Sikder had two children with him, a son and daughter who currently reside in London.
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Shamim Sikder was a notable figure in Bangladeshi popular culture.
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Anthony Mascarenhas narrated in his book Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood that Shamim Sikder had accused Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the extrajudicial killing of her brother, revolutionary politician Siraj Shamim Sikder.
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Shamim Sikder was allegedly the subject of Ahmed Sofa's novel Ardhek Nari Ardhek Ishvari.
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Shamim Sikder died on 21 March 2023, at the age of 70 in Dhaka.
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Shamim Sikder is survived by a son and daughter that live in London, United Kingdom.