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❦Riverine Operations in the Liberation War
Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1971.
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Commander-in-Chief of Bangladesh Forces
“He gave strategic shape to a people’s war.”
As commander-in-chief, he led the overall military structure of the Bangladesh Forces and coordinated sector-based resistance strategy.
April-December 1971; formation and command of Mukti Bahini sectors.
He transformed dispersed armed resistance into a coordinated liberation force.
Bir Sreshtho (Naval Martyr)
“His final duty under fire became part of national military memory.”
As Engine Room Artificer of gunboat PNS Palash, he continued fighting during attack despite severe danger and was killed in action.
Naval operations in Khulna-Mongla theatre, December 1971.
He became a symbol of naval courage and sacrifice in the Liberation War.
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