Bangla gets home remains of war hero

Bangladesh on Monday brought home from India the remains of its highest gallantry award recipient, Mohammad Hamidur Rehman...

Bangladesh on Monday brought home from India the remains of its highest gallantry award recipient, Mohammad Hamidur Rehman, who laid down his life for the country in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.

Rehman, a soldier of the then paramilitary East Pakistan Rifles (EPR, East Bengal Regiment), was the youngest soldier to posthumously receive the highest gallantry award Birshreshtha for his role in the War of Independence.

He was killed in a gunbattle while attacking a base of the Pakistani forces on the Dholoi border in northeastern Sylhet on October 28, 1971.

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The soldier will be laid to rest with full state honours at the Martyr Intellectual Graveyard on Tuesday in the presence of Supreme Commander of the armed forces President Ijauddin Ahmed. Bangladesh’s interim Government had decided to bring home the remains of Rehman ahead of the 37th Victory Day on December 16.

“A 21-gun salute will herald the arrival of the remains,” Abul Kaseem Mahbubul, Secretary of Liberation War Affairs Ministry, said.

Rehman’s remains were exhumed on Sunday and handed over to the Bangladeshi military after a guard of honour by Indian border guards at a border crossing.

Rehman was buried at East Roypara in Hatimarachara town of Dholoi in Tripura.

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East Pakistan became independent Bangladesh on December 16, 1971, when Pakistan signed a treaty of surrender to a combined Bangladeshi and Indian force.

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