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Regiment in 1949, retired in 1970 as Sub. Maj and had been a Weapons Instructor at PMA Kakul. Lance Naik Mohiuddin and Sepoy Abdul Mazid of East Bengal Regiment were Commando Platoon Leaders. At its height the force had at its disposal more than 15,000 .303 and Chinese Rifles, 2,000 SLRs, 800 LMGs and MMGs, 200 Antitank Rocket Launchers, 80 odd 50 Cal Heavy Machine Guns, 150 60mm mortars, 40 81mm mortars, 12 105 mm Recoilless Guns, and 10 120 mm mortars.
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343:, Sheikh Mujib was still in Pakistan. He was sentenced to death by a military tribunal. Kader Siddique declared that he and his 50 thousand men would not surrender until Mujib returned. In 1972, after Mujib had returned from Pakistan, Kader and his men surrendered his arms to Mujib on Bindubasini Boys High School in Tangail town.
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Dr. Nuran Nabi worked as a messenger bring ammunition and arms from India in 1971 for the Kader Bahini. He helped plan the landing of Indian paratroopers in
Tangail on 11 December 1971. After the war, he pursued a career in Biochemistry and became a lecturer at Dhaka University. He completed his PhD
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On 10 December 1971, 2,000 Indian paratroopers landed in
Tangail. They joined up with Kader Bahini. Together they liberated Tangail from Pakistani occupation. Captain Peter, a Bengali-Indian Army officer had arrived on 3 December to plan the landing of the Indian troops. New Tangail town was the last
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and who had been a
Weapons Instructor at EBRC, was one of the Company Commanders of the Kaderia Bahini. The in-charge of training was 41 year old Ghatail, Tangail native, retired Subedar Major of the 1st East Bengal Regiment, Khondokar Abu Taher, who was one of the first generation recruits of the
184:. It comprised an estimated 50,000 civilians. Siddique was wounded at the Makrar battle near Balla village. Kader Bahini is notable for the capture of a Pakistani ship with large quantities of arms and ammunition at Bhuapur. They also captured several armored cars along with bulletproof carriers.
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Sirajkandi. After a brief battle, Kader Bahini emerged victorious. They destroyed the supplies harming the logistics of the Pakistan Army in the region. The Battle came to be known as Jahazmara (Ship Killing). The Public Works Department built a monument near the site of the battle.
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nationalist movement by taking control of the major cities on 26 March, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month. Before the beginning of the operation, all foreign journalists were systematically deported from East
Pakistan.
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Tangail. Throughout the Bangladesh Liberation War, the force stayed inside Bangladeshi territory and did not move to India, like many other units of the Mukti Bahini. Kader Siddiqui the founder and leader of Kader Bahini was himself a native of Tangail.
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Bangladesh (East Pakistan at the time) and widespread violations of human rights began with the start of
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Tangail district unit of Swadhin Bangla Gono Mukti Parishad was formed. They organised the local youths and provided them with military training. After the launch of operation searchlight, local
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government from 2009 to 2015. He was telecommunications and information technology minister and jute and textiles minister. As jute minister, he saw the privatization of state owned
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mills. President Hamid terminated him from his post as telecommunication minister after he made comments on the Muslim Hajj that was seen as derogatory.
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in Japan and joined Colgate toothpaste as a researcher. He wrote a book on the liberation war called "Jonmechi Ei Banglae," or "Born in Bengal".
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containing arms, ammunition and fuel. The two ships were named ST Razan and SU Engineers LC-3. They were attacked on the convergence point of
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after Bangladesh Liberation War ended. He went underground after Sheikh Mujib was assassinated and carried out attacks against the
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and collaborators. Kader Bahini killed more than 3,000 Pakistani troops and collaborators, and took more than 10,000
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Government. In the late 1990s, he formed his own party
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785:"The Tangail Landings: A signal for victory"
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400:Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini
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277:East Bengal Regiment
265:Abdul Kader Siddique
261:Mukti Bahini members
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64:Active regions
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284:Area of operations
236:Pakistani military
55:Dates of operation
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