Indian PM hands over Bangladesh War Honour to ...... Vajpayee's family

Bangladesh government honoured the Previous pm of India via Modi. Modi also hand over this honoured.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the "Bangladesh Liberation War Honour" to the family members of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, NDTV reported quoting an official statement.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the "Bangladesh Liberation War Honour" to the family members of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Ranjan Bhattacharya, Namita Bhattacharya, and Niharika Bhattacharya", the statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was also present on the occasion.

Narendra Modi received the award from Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on behalf of Vajpayee at a function at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on June 7. Earlier, Vajpayee could not visit Bangladesh to receive the honour because of sickness.

Bangladesh conferred the award on Vajpayee for his active role in support of Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 when he was a Lok Sabha member.