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Rahman, (Bir Srestha) Mohammad Hamidur (1945-1971) martyr
in the war
of liberation. Hamidur Rahman was born in 1945 at village Dumuria
in Chapra thana of the district of 24 Parganas in west
bengal.
After the partition of India (1947) his family migrated to East
Bengal and was permanently settled at Gharoda under Khalispur
in khulna
district. He had his primary education at Khalispur Primary School
and subsequently at a local night school. He joined East Bengal
Regiment on 2 February 1971 and was posted at EBR centre in Chittagong
cantonment. On the face of the attack of Pakistan army on 25 March
Hamidur Rahman left the cantonment for his village home, and then
joined the liberation force at Dhalai on the south-eastern border
of sreemangal
thana in sylhet
district.
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Mohammad Hamidur Rahman |
For its strategic importance the freedom fighters took
a bid for capturing the Dhalai border outpost of the Pak-army. The 'C'
Company of the First East Bengal Regiment was entrusted with the task
with which Hamidur Rahman was enrolled. On the preceding night of 28 October
three platoons of freedom fighters silently advanced towards the outpost.
The platoons while approaching near to the enemy post and were on the
verge of attempting a surprise, a sudden explosion of a mine alarmed the
enemies who started indiscriminate firing. A battle continued for hours;
but the advance of the freedom fighters was seriously obstructed by enemy
firing with LMG from south-west direction.
At this critical juncture Hamidur Rahman seceded in the
darkness, silently proceeded by crawling towards the LMG post, attacked
and killed the two LMG operators, thereby silencing the enemy guns ; but
he himself succumbed to death by an enemy bullet (28 October 1971). Thus
the tide of the battle was turned and the outpost was captured by the
freedom fighters. In recognition of his valour and sacrifice in the War
of Liberation he was honoured with the highest state insignia of 'Bir
Srestha'. [Muazzam Hussain Khan]
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