Hemayet Uddin (
BB) (Bir Bikrom, this is a gallantry award by Bangladesh gov) ( bn, হেমায়েত উদ্দীন; 3 December 1937 – 22 October 2016), more widely known by his first name Hemayet, was a famous
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
i militia leader and freedom fighter in the
1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
For his valor, he was awarded the honor
Bir Bikrom, a national award for gallantry and was conferred a military rank of
Subedar
Subedar is a rank of junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army; a senior non-commissioned officer in the Pakistan Army, and formerly a Viceroy's commissioned officer in the British Indian Army.
History
''Subedar'' or ''subadar'' was the ...
after the war.
Apart from centrally coordinated
Mukti Bahini
The Mukti Bahini ( bn, মুক্তিবাহিনী, translates as 'freedom fighters', or liberation army), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary ...
and
Mujib Bahini, a vast number of local resistance armies were formed during the liberation war of Bangladesh against
Pakistan
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i occupation.
Hemayet Bahini
Hemayet Bahini ( bn, হেমায়েত বাহিনী; The Hemayet Force) was a guerrilla militia force of Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also ...
(The Hemayet Force) was a notable one of them. It operated in the
Gopalganj and Barishal region of the country and was successful in harassing and restricting the movement of Pakistani armed forces in the region.
Before the war, Hemayet Uddin was a
Havildar of the
East Bengal Regiment
The East Bengal Regiment ( bn, ইস্ট বেঙ্গল রেজিমেন্ট) is an infantry regiment ( regimental system type) and the largest military formation of the Bangladesh Army.
History
The East Bengal Regiment was for ...
of
Pakistan army
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. He also worked as an instructor at the
Pakistan Military Academy in
Abbottabad
Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...
. He was cashiered from service in 1970 on account of political agitation.
References
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1941 births
2016 deaths
Bangladesh Liberation War
Mukti Bahini personnel