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Generals holding appointments of the army headquarters and ministries within the government have been written in bold format (e.g. Master General of Ordnance - MGO); Other appointments apart from general officer commanding are indicated with the corresponding appointments, such as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals is designated as (VC BUP).
Eventually, they formally surrendered at this location on 16 December, now celebrated as Victory Day. [3] After independence, [ 4 ] the ground's name was changed to Suhrawardy Udyan in honour of politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy , [ 2 ] a key figure in the early political history of Pakistan and Bangladesh. [ 5 ]
The former Bangladesh government denoted all collaborators of the Pakistan forces as Razakars. [2] This includes leaders, members of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee and even the Chakma King Maharaja Tridev Roy. [2] In Bangladesh today, Razakar is used as a pejorative term meaning "traitor" or Judas. [4]
9th Infantry Division was raised in November 1975 [3] in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar as the first division of the Bangladesh Army.The division started under the command of Major General Mir Shawkat Ali, headquartered at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor in Dhaka.
Using a makeshift radio transmitter located in Kalurghat, first M A Hannan on 26 March 1971 afternoon, and later on 26 March 1971 evening [1] Ziaur Rahman, an army major then, and President of Bangladesh much later, declared the Independence of Bangladesh, on behalf of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The National Flag of Bangladesh is flown on all government buildings. [17] The Independence Day Award was introduced by the Government of Bangladesh in 1977. [18] The award is given on the Independence Day of Bangladesh on 26 March. [18] The first Independence Day was celebrated on 26 March 1972. [19] President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addressed ...
2019 Bangladesh-India border clash; Location: Bangladesh–India border Bangladesh India: Ceasefire [33] Bangladesh-India relations strained; Bangladesh Rifles Revolt (2009) Location: Dhaka. 14.5 mm ZPU-4 of Bangladesh Army positioned over Satmasjid Road, near Dhanmondi 8A road, pointing towards Pilkhana Bangladesh: Mutineers from Bangladesh ...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a extensive hilly area in Bangladesh, lie in the southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Rakhine State of Myanmar on the south, Chin state of Myanmar and Indian state Mizoram on the east, Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District on the west.