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Shawkat Ali (c. 1952 – July 4, 2020) was a fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War and a former officer of the Bangladesh Army. For his immense bravery during the war, the Government of Bangladesh awarded him the title of Bir Protik. He served as the sub-sector commander of Sector 1. [2] [3]
The Mukti Bahini (Bengali: মুক্তি বাহিনী, romanized: Mukti Bahinee), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. [3]
2.4 13 July. 2.5 14 July. 2.6 15 July. ... reserves 30% of the civil service posts for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters in the Bangladesh Liberation ...
In 2015, the council decided to give Birangonas, women who were raped in the Bangladesh Liberation war, the status of freedom fighters including the associated benefits. [ 6 ] On 23 January 2017, Bangladesh High Court asked the government to explain why asking the council to investigate and removed "fake freedom fighters" is not illegal under ...
The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
According to the information published in Prothom Alo, the number of registered freedom fighters is 200–250 thousands, [17] that is, the number of freedom fighters is 1.2–1.5 per 1,000 people, which accounts 0.12–0.15% of the entire population. That means, for 0.12% freedom fighters, the quota amount is 30%, converting to thousands, it ...
Jannatul Prome hopes to leave Bangladesh to study more or possibly find a job after she finishes her university degree, frustrated by a system that she says doesn't reward merit and offers little ...
Generally speaking, freedom fighters are people who use physical force to cause a change in the political and or social order. Notable examples include uMkhonto we Sizwe in South Africa, the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution, the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and Northern Ireland, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in Eritrea, the Mukti Bahini in Bangladesh Liberation War, and ...