Quazi Nuruzzaman was a
Bangladeshi military officer who was a key commander of the
Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War died from natural causes he was , 86. Bangladesh was divided into eleven sectors and each of those sectors had a Sector Commander who would direct the guerrilla warfare. He was appointed Sector Commander of sector 7 and played a key role in Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan during the 1971 war.
(24 March, 1925 – 6 May, 2011)
Early life and army career
Nuruzzaman received his education from the exclusive
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta majoring in Chemistry.
[3] Subsequently he joined the British Indian Navy but due to
Jawaharlal Nehru's persuasion, he joined the Armed forces and completed his training from
Royal School of Artillery in UK.He went on to become Major but then decided to quit the armed forces.
Since he was a Bengali in the Pakistan Army, he was subject to racial smear and insults. However, he didn't sacrifice his dignity and one such example was his comment against
Ayub Khan.
Only people from good families can recognise other people from good ones
— said Quazi Nuruzzaman when
Ayub Khan said that he did not see people from good families in East Pakistan.
Liberation War Commander
In 1971, he joined the Liberation War as Sector Commander and was awarded the
Bir Uttom award, which is the second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh. However since thousands of
Mukti Bahini volunteers mostly farmers were killed and didn't receive any recognition, he decided not to accept any gallantry award and rejected the
Bir Uttom award.
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