The Gunijan Trust is an initiative for presenting

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personalities who inspire people through their writings, words, scientific and artistic works and other creative pursuits for peace, humanity and social justice. The thematic areas of Gunijan are:

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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...

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music Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact definition of music, definitions of mu ...

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, philosophy, performing arts, mass media,

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, Adibashi rights, etc. The

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is compiling and preserving their

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, which are available on the group's website. It includes complete biography, selected writings/creative works, awards or recognitions, pictures and video (where available) on the life of Gunijan. As

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is not available across the country, Gunijan Trust publishes CDs with the biographies of these eminent persons. The CD "Mohima Tobo Udbhashito" was launched on February 26, 2008, unveiled by veteran women's rights activist Hena Das. CDs with profiles of the freedom fighters of the 1971 Liberation War were launched in 2009. The CD titled “Mohima Tobo Udbhashito: Muktisangram” is the third installment of the initiative, mainly featuring personalities who were involved in anti-colonial movements. Gunijan also organized exhibition in 2006 and in 2009. Gunijan has received the special mention award of World Summit Award in 2009.Gunijan received special mention award in World Summit Award
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* {{Official website, http://www.gunijan.org.bd Cultural organisations based in Bangladesh