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Nur Mohammad Sheikh (Bir Sreshtho)

Nur Mohammad Sheikh (1936-1971) was a Lance Nayek in East Pakistan Rifles during the Liberation War.
He was born on 26 February 1936 in Moheskhali village under Narail district. He joined the then East Pakistan Rifles on 14 March 1959. He was killed in an engagement with the Pakistan Army with fire for covering the extrication of fellow soldiers at Goalhati in Jessore district on September 5 1971. Nur Mohammad died saving his compatriots and inflicting heavy casualties on his enemy.
He was awarded Bir Sreshtho, the highest state insignia of Bangladesh for his bravery and the highest sacrifice.
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