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'''Himangshu Mohan Choudhury''' is an Indian [[Civil service|civil servant]] who is credited with efforts in providing relief to the [[refugee]]s and army [[Desertion|deserters]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.<ref name="Ex-IAS officer gets Bangla honour">{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/ex-ias-officer-gets-bangla-honour/story-gDHie0Denbeq95ABYd9blK.html | title=Ex-IAS officer gets Bangla honour | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=16 March 2013 | access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bangladesh honour for ex-IAS officer">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bangladesh-honour-for-exias-officer/article4543119.ece | title=Bangladesh honour for ex-IAS officer | newspaper=The Hindu | date=24 March 2013 | accessdate=3 June 2022}}</ref> While working as the Sub-Divisional Officer at [[Sonamura]] in the Indian border state of [[Tripura]], Choudhury is reported to have supervised the task of providing food and shelter to over two hundred and fifty thousand refugees.<ref name="Bangladesh honour for ex-IAS officer" /> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1972 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest Indian [[List of civil awards and decorations|civilian award]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> The [[Government of Bangladesh]] presented him with the ''Outstanding friend of Bangladesh'' honour in 2013.<ref name="Ex-IAS officer gets Bangla honour" /><ref name="Bangladesh honour for ex-IAS officer" /><br />
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Himanshu Mohan Choudhury resides at Agartala, the capital of Tripura.His father Soroshi Mohan Choudhury was a reputed Doctor in Agartala.Sri Choudhury grew up in a joint family of East Bengali heritage with strong Brahminical roots.<br />
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