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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.
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 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 ...
The Bengali language movement ( Bengali: বাংলা ভাষা আন্দোলন, romanized : Bangla Bhasha Andolôn) was a political movement in former East Bengal (renamed East Pakistan in 1952) advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co- lingua franca of the then- Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...
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 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
Ziaur Rahman [a] (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and served as its chairman until his assassination. He previously served as the second chief of army staff ...
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 ...