In 2000, 15 people received the Ekushey Padak, two of them posthumously: 1. * Ekhlas Uddin Ahmed, literature 2. * Mohiuddin Ahmed, politics (posthumous) 3. * Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, language martyr 4. * Abul Barkat, language martyr 5. * Syed Abdul Hadi, music 6. * Gaziul Haque, Language Movement 7. * Khalid Hossain, music 8. * Nilima Ibrahim, education 9. * Jamal Nazrul Islam, science and technology 10. * Abdul Jabbar, language martyr 11. * Abdullah Al Mamun, drama 12. * Zahidur Rahim, music (posthumous) 13. * Sofiur Rahman, language martyr 14. * Abdus Salam, language martyr 15. * Shamim Sikder, sculpture