Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bir Sreshtho)
Mohiuddin Jahangir was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district. He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defence on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area and led to the fall of the position to the Bangladesh Army.
He was awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army, Bir Sreshtho.
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Hamidur Rahaman (Bir Sreshtho)
Sepoy Hamidur Rahman was born on 2nd February 1953 and was the eldest son of his family. During the independence in 1947, his paternal properties fell in India. They crossed over the border and settled in the bordering area of Khorda Khalishpur of Jessore district.
He joined the army on 2nd February 1971 and joined the war of liberation in 1971. During the war he made significant contribution in capturing Dholai Border Outpost at Srimangal. Though the liberation forces came very close to the Border Outpost, it became very difficult to capture because of the enemy Light Machine Gun which was continuously firing from the south-western corner of the Border Outpost. This Light Machine Gun was to be neutralized and the onerous responsibility of doing so was reposed on Sepoy Hamidur Rahman. Instantly Sepoy Hamidur Rahman crawled very close to the Light Machine Gun post undetected by the enemy. The hard ground under his chest and the volume of fire on all directions from either side could not for a moment discourage this illustrious son of the soil from fulfilling the assigned task. Not caring for life, determined Sepoy Hamidur Rahman jumped into the enemy Light Machine Gun post and engaged in hand to hand fight with the two crews and at one stage neutralized the gun at the cost of his life. Thus Dholai Border Outpost was captured. Sepoy Hamidur Rahman never knew that it was because of his supreme sacrifice that the mission was achieved.( Hamidur Rahman was killed on October28,1971 at Dhalai.)
For the courage, valour, dedication to the cause of his motherland and supreme sacrifice, this illustrious son was conferred Bir Srestho by the nation.
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Mohammad Ruhul Amin (Bir Sreshtho)
Mohammad Ruhul Amin was an engineering officer in the Bangladesh Navy during the Liberation war.
He was born at Bagpachra in the district of Noakhali in 1934. On 25 March 1971, he left the Pakistani Navy, where he was commissioned then, and joined the Liberation War. Later on he joined the naval ship BNS Polash. A few days before the country was liberated his ship came under air strike on10 December 1971 near Khulna shipyard. He fought bravely to save his ship but was wounded severely and later on he died in the service of his country.
Beer Shreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin was not a commissioned officer and he was never commissioned in Pakistan Navy. He was a Engine Room Junior Commissioned Officer in the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer. He was on board one of the first Bangladesh Navy ships PADMA and PALASH. During our liberation war when these two ships were crossing Khulna Shipyard by river Rupsha, they were attacked by the Indian Aircraft mistakenly. He tried to save his ship valiently but ultimately could not do so and lost his life.
He was awarded Bir Sreshtho, the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh.
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Matiur Rahman (military pilot)
Shaheed M. Matiur Rahman was born February 21,1945 1n Dhaka – died August 20, 1971. He was a Flight Lieutenant in the Pakistan Air Force when the Liberation War broke out. His date of birth is sometimes mentioned as 29 November 1941.
For this attempt, he was awarded the Bir Sreshtho by Bangladesh which is the highest honor given. Bangladesh Air For’s Air Base at Jessore is also named for him. This same base is home to the air force academy of Bangladesh.
He had received his primary education at Dhaka Collegiate School. Next he was admitted into Pakistan Air Force Public School at Sargodha in (West) Pakistan. After completing his twelfth class course there he entered Pakistan Air Force Academy. He was commissioned in June 1963 and was posted at Risalpur, (West) Pakistan. He successfully completed the Jet Conversion Course in Karachi before he was appointed a Jet Pilot in Peshawar.
On August 20, 1971 he attempted to pilot a T-33 trainer from Karachi, pakistan to India in order to defect from the Pakistan Air Force and join the liberation movement of Bangladesh. The T-33 aircraft was code-named 'Bluebird'. However, Matiur Rahman could not take the plane out of Pakistani territory, as reportedly, the other pilot Rashid Minhas in the plane forced it to crash. The plane crashed in Thatta, a place near the India border. His body, which was found near the crash site was reportedly buried at the graveyard of fourth class employees at Masroor Air Base, Pakistan.
After over 30 years of negotiations, his body was finally returned to Bangladesh for a ceremonial and highly symbolic reburial in 2006 (see below). His original burial in a nondescript grave in Pakistan had been a sore point between Bangladesh and Pakistan for decades.
Matiur's widow, Milly, and his two infant daughters were imprisoned for a month by Pakistan Air Force, and were released on September 29, 1971.
While celebrated as a hero in Bangladesh, Rahman is viewed negatively in Pakistan because of his attempt to defect during the Bangladeshi Liberation War. Rashid Minhas, who may have crashed the plane to prevent it from leaving Pakistani territory, is viewed as a hero in Pakistan. Minhas is given almost parallel treatment in Pakistan and was awarded Pakistan's highest award the Nishan-E-Haider Nishan-E-Haider and also has an air base named for him.
The remains of Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman were returned on June 24, 2006 from Pakistan to Bangladesh. He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, in Mirpur, Dhaka, with full military honours.
The base of Bangladesh Air Force in Jessore has been named Matiur Rahman Air Base.
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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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Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho)
Mostofa Kamal, better known as Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal was a Sepoy in Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War.
He was born on 16 December 1974 in Hajipur village of Daulatikhan upazilla under Bhola district. His father was retired Havilder Habibur Rahman.
On 18 April 1971, Mostofa Kamal was killed in a defensive battle against the occupying Pakistan Army in Daruin village of Comilla. His action inflicted heavy casualties on his enemy troops.
He was awarded the highest recognition of bravery of the Bangladesh Army, Bir Sreshtho.
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Mohiuddin Jahangir was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district. He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defence on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area and led to the fall of the position to the Bangladesh Army.
