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The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and defence strategies and defending the nation's territorial integrity against external attack.
The Razakar ( Urdu: رضا کار, literally "volunteer"; Bengali: রাজাকার) was an East Pakistani paramilitary force organised by General Tikka Khan in then East Pakistan, now called Bangladesh, during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The force committed war crimes during the war including massacring civilians, looting, and ...
Mukti Bahini. The Mukti Bahini, [a] also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. [2] They were initially called the Mukti Fauj.
The Bangladesh Armed Forces ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী, romanized : Bangladesh Sashastra Bahinī) are the military forces of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. They consist of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The ...
Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi HJ & Bar SPk SK MC (1915 – 1 February 2004) commonly known as General Niazi was a Pakistani military officer. During the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he commanded the Pakistani Eastern Command in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). he signed the instrument of surrender as on 16 December 1971 his forces had to surrender ...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [c] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu [d] ( lit. 'Friend of Bengal ' ), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from ...
The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was also distrusted by many in the Bangladesh Army. Economically, Rahman embarked on a huge nationalisation programme that failed to deliver the benefits intended. Soviet and Indian aid also failed to materialise in the desired quantity. The Bangladesh famine of 1974 was a major economic blow and humanitarian crisis.
The women of 1971. Tales of abuse and rape by the Pakistan Army; 1971 Massacre in Bangladesh and the Fallacy in the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report, Dr. M.A. Hasan; Women of Pakistan Apologize for War Crimes, 1996; Sheikh Mujib wanted a confederation: US papers, by Anwar Iqbal, Dawn, 7 July 2005; Page containing copies of the surrender documents