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  2. Women in the Bangladesh Army - Wikipedia

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    Women in the Bangladesh Army. 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 ...

  3. Rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War - Wikipedia

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    During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, members of the Pakistani military and Razakar paramilitary force raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape. [1][2][3][4] Most of the rape victims of the Pakistani Army and its allies were Hindu women. [5] Some of these women died in captivity ...

  4. Kalpana Chakma - Wikipedia

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    Kalpana Chakma. Kalpana Chakma was a human rights activist and feminist from Bangladesh [1] who held the position of Organizing Secretary of the Hill Women's Federation. She and her two brothers were abducted on 12 June 1996 from her home at Lallyaghona village allegedly by the members of the Bangladesh Army. Kalpana Chakma is still missing. [2]

  5. Bangladesh genocide - Wikipedia

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    The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is a war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [213]

  6. Sitara Begum - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Sheikh Hasina - Wikipedia

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    Sheikh Hasina Wazed[a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [3][4] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of ...

  8. Bangladesh Army - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 September 2024. Land warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Bangladesh Army বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী Insignia of the Bangladesh Army Founded 26 March 1971 (53 years, 5 months) Country Bangladesh Type Army Role Land warfare Size 1,60,000 troops 13,408 civilians ...

  9. Susane Giti - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] [3]