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Agartala Conspiracy Case
The Agartala Conspiracy Case was a sedition case in Pakistan during the rule of Ayub Khan (general), Ayub Khan against Awami League, brought by the government of Pakistan in 1968 against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then leader of the Awami League (Pakistan), Awami League and East Pakistan, and 34 other people. The case was filed in early 1968 and implicated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others in conspiring with India against the stability of Pakistan. The case is officially called ''State vs. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others'', but is popularly known as ''Agartala Shoŗojontro Mamla'' (Agartala conspiracy case) as the main conspiracy was purported to have taken place in the Indian city of Agartala in Tripura state, where Sheikh Mujib's associates met Indian military officials. On 22 February 2011, one of the accused of the Agartala conspiracy case, Shawkat Ali (politician), Shawkat Ali, told the parliament in Bangladesh that the Agartala conspiracy case was not false and the char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidhan Krishna Sen
Bidhan Krishna Sen was a Bengali politician and an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case. Career In 1968, Sen was charged in the Agartala Conspiracy Case and was released in 1969. During that time Sen and Bibhuti Bhushan Chowdhury were the main liaison between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Indian government. He was the Vice-President of the Chittagong District unit of the Awami League. Sen worked with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Sen was founding member of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. As acting President of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Sen called for a movement against the Awami League government led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 22 October 1974. Sen was part of a team of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, along with Serajul Alam Khan, that sought to negotiate with the new government formed after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Following an appeal by Sen and Abdullah Sarkar, Ziaur Rahman lifted the ban imposed on Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal in 1976 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurshid Uddeen Ahmed
Khurshid Uddin Ahmed (19 March 1933 – 22 April 2013) was a Bangladesh Army Brigadier General who served in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award in 2021. Early life and education Ahmed was born on 19 March 1933 in Gafargaon Upazila, Mymensingh District, British India (now Bangladesh). His father Abdur Rahman was a deputy superintendent of police. He completed his matriculation from Lohajong Pilot High School in 1948. In 1950 he completed his I.Sc from Dhaka College.In the same year he was admitted to Dhaka Medical College. He was a student of Dhaka Medical College during the Bengali language movement in 1952. Military career He was commissioned as a lieutenant in Army Medical Corps of Pakistan Army on 19 May 1958. He was posted to 5th Field Ambulance. While working there he competed the Army Commando Course. In 1960 he was deputed to Pakistan Navy and was posted to PNS ''Jahangir'' he was made a lieutenant of Navy. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhul Quddus
Rahul Quddus was a former bureaucrat of Bangladesh. He is the first and only secretary general of the Cabinet of Bangladesh and the first Principal Secretary of the Prime Ministers' Office. Quddus was an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case along with future President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Career Quddus joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1949. He served as the chief magistrate of Dhaka. Quddus was accused in the ''Agartala Conspiracy Case'' along with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1968. Along with him, two other civil servants were charged in the case Ahmed Fazlur Rahman and Khan Shamsur Rahman who were Bengalis. He was defended by Khan Bahadur Mohammad Ismail. Quddus was the secretary general of the Cabinet of Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was tasked with taking over the bureaucracy of East Pakistan. After the Bangladesh Liberation War ended, he went to Dhaka Airport on 18 December 1971 to receive the government of Bangladesh in exile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawkat Ali (politician)
Col. Shawkat Ali (27 January 193716 November 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. He was a member of the Awami League. He was one of the accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case and a freedom fighter in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Early life Ali was born in Shariatpur, British India (now in Bangladesh), to Munshi Mobarak and Maleka Begum. He was the eldest son among nine children. He passed his matriculation from khepupara High School in 1953. He completed his Intermediate of Commerce from Jaganath College in 1956. While studying Jaganath College he joined Police Directorate as a Lower Division Assistant due to financial crisis. Later he joined the Secretariat at same rank. In 1958 he completed his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dhaka University. In the same year he joined the Pakistan Army. Shawkat completed his LL.B. from Comilla Law College under the University of Dhaka in 1958. He joined the Officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksum-ul-Hakim
Maksum-ul-Hakim was a jurist, diplomat and justice of Dhaka High Court in Bangladesh. He was an Advocate General for the government. He was an elected member of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Committee for Prevention of Discrimination of Minorities. He was one of the judge of famous Agartala Conspiracy Case. Early life Hakim was born in Khulna. His father was a deputy magistrate of the British India government. He did his masters at the University of Calcutta and was called to Lincoln's Inn in London. Career Hakim was the Advocate General in 1962 and was appointed justice to the High Court in 1964. Hakim served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Argentina. He was also the ambassador of Bangladesh to Sweden. Personal life Maksum married Nessima, second daughter of former chief justice of Dhaka High Court Amin Ahmed. They had three daughters (Yasmin, Sonia, and Tania) and one son, Tariq ul Hakim, Dhaka High Court justice. Death Maksum died in Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitara-e-Basalat
Sitara-e-Basalat () is a non-operational gallantry (courageous behaviour, especially in battle) award of Pakistan Armed Forces given to individuals for distinguished acts of gallantry, valor or courage while performing their duty It is given by the President of Pakistan on the recommendation of a service chief. Notable recipients * FS Hussain * Abdul Razzaq Anjum * Sawar Khan * Imtiaz Bhatti * Abdur Rahim Khan * Bilal Omer Khan * Rizwan Ullah Khan * Asif Nawaz Janjua * Sanaullah Khan Niazi * Abdul Waheed Kakar * Akhtar Abdur Rahman * Rahimuddin Khan * Hamid Gul * Mushaf Ali Mir * Mansurul Haq * Aziz Khan (general) * Fasih Bokhari * Zahirul Islam Abbasi * Ahmad Tasnim * Muhammad Ghulam Tawab * Javed Nasir * Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed * Talat Masood * Abbas Khattak * Khalid Mahmud Arif * Fazle Haq * Arif Bangash * Farooq Feroze Khan * Cecil Chaudhry * Imran Ullah Khan * Shamim Alam Khan * Abdul Aziz Mirza * Iqbal Khan (general) * PQ Mehdi * Rao Qamar Suleman * Hakimull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bengal Regiment
The East Bengal Regiment () is one of the two infantry regiments of the Bangladesh Army, the other being the Bangladesh Infantry Regiment. East Bengal Regiment was founded by Major Abdul Gani. History The East Bengal Regiment was formed on 15 February 1948, following the Partition of India into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Dominion of India in 1947. The core of the unit was made up of soldiers of the Bihar Regiment and the Bengal Pioneer Corps who had opted for Pakistan when partition divided the British Indian Army and the Pakistan Army was born. A shortfall of JCOs was made up from the Punjab Regiment until sufficient Bengali officers became available. Two companies composed of Bengali Muslims were regimented in to the first training regiment in East Pakistan and was named the East Bengal Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel V. J. E. Patterson as Commanding Officer and Major Abdul Waheed Choudhury as Officer Commanding (O.C.). Between 1948 and 1965, a total of eight ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-Services Intelligence
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is the premier Pakistani Intelligence community, intelligence agency of Pakistan. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant to Pakistan's national security. The ISI reports to Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, its director-general and is primarily focused on providing intelligence to the government of Pakistan. The ISI primarily consists of serving Officer (armed forces), military officers drawn on secondment from the three service branches of the Pakistan Armed Forces: the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, and Pakistan Air Force, hence the name "Inter-Services"; the agency also recruits civilians. Since 1971, it has been formally headed by a serving Three-star rank, three-star general of the Pakistan Army, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in consultation with the Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff, who recommends th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Mohammad Shamsur Rahman
Khan Shamsur Rahman (), also known as Khan Mohammad Shamsur Rahman, was a Bangladeshi diplomat and the first ambassador of Bangladesh to the Soviet Union. He was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. Career Rahman came first in the Central Superior Services examinations of 1951. In the 1960s, Rahman was stationed in the Pakistan Embassy in Indonesia. Rahman was an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case in 1968 that accused a number of Bengalis of working with India for the succession of East Pakistan. His defence lawyer was his older brother Ataur Rahman Khan who was the former Chief Minister of East Pakistan. He was one of three civil service officers charged in the Agartala case. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Rahman was appointed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the first ambassador of Bangladesh to the Soviet Union. On 10 January 1972, he received Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the airport when he returned to Independent Bangladesh from pris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiatic Society Of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of Pakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by Muhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, locality of Old Dhaka. History Asiatic Society of Bangladesh traces its origins to The Asiatic Society, which was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784. Some of scholars of the Asiatic Society moved to Dhaka, capital of East Bengal, after the Partition of India. Ahmad Hasan Dani, professor of history at the University of Dhaka, proposed the idea of establishing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondkar Nazmul Huda
Khondkar Nazmul Huda (6 July 1938 – 7 November 1975) was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Bangladesh government awarded him the title of Bir Bikrom for his bravery in the war of independence. Early life Huda's ancestral home is in Kodalia village of Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district. His father's name was Khandaker Moazzem Hossain and his mother's name was Badrun Nesha Khatun. His wife's name is Nilufar Huda. They have one son Ehtesham Huda and one daughter Naheed Ezaher Khan, who was elected as a member of parliament of Bangladesh Awami League from the reserved women's seat in the 11th National Assembly in 2019. Career Huda was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers in the Pakistan Army in 1963. For some time in 1964-65 he worked as a platoon leader under Lt. General Javed Nasir as company commander. On January 3, 1968, he was arrested along with many others as accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case. He was the 26th accused. In 1969, he was acquitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
