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Overview Female soldiers of Bangladesh Army in parade, 16 December 2016, the Victory Day of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Army was created in 1971 in the Bangladesh Liberation War, and one Bengali female officer from the Pakistan Army's Medical Corps participated in the war, she was Captain Sitara Begum, who was awarded the Bir Protik medal; she was commissioned into the Pakistan Army Medical Corps ...
On 19 September 2023, the Bangladesh Army Women's Football Team played its first official game, defeating Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) 2–0 in an exhibition game. Current squad. Bangladesh Army Football Team Women squad for 2023–24 season. As of 5 April 2024
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.
Sena Utkorsho Padak (SUP) Susane Giti SUP, FCPS is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army. She is the first woman to be promoted to 2 star General. She served as the Commandant of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. [1] She was promoted to the rank of major general on 30 September 2018 as the first female major general in the Bangladesh Army.
Head (Pathology) of Army Medical College Rangpur. Nishat Jubaida FCPS, DCP is a Major general and is currently the highest-ranking female officer of the Bangladesh Army. [1] She was promoted to the rank of major general on 16 February 2023 as the second female Major general in the Bangladesh Army after Major General Susane Giti. [2]
In 1992, the Indian Army began inducting women officers in non-medical roles. On 19 January 2007, the United Nations first all female peacekeeping force made up of 105 Indian policewomen was deployed to Liberia. In 2014, India's army had 3% women, the Navy 2.8% and the Air Force performed highest with 8.5% women.
Sitara Begum. Dr. Captain Sitara Begum is a Bangladeshi doctor, Army officer, and War hero. She is one of two women in Bangladesh who has received Bir Protik award. She played a magnificent role in Sector 2 during Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. [1] [2]
The women's human rights organisation Bangladesh Mahila Parishat took part in the war by publicising the atrocities being carried out by the Pakistani army. [73] Owing to the scale of the atrocities, US embassy staff had sent telegrams indicating that a genocide was occurring.