Matiur Rahman (military pilot)

Matiur Rahman (military pilot)
Matiur Rahman
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Flight Lieutenant , Matiur Rahman Bir Sreshtho
Born October 29, 1941
Dhaka, East Pakistan
Died August 20, 1971
Thatta, West Pakistan
Allegiance Bangladesh
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Unit Pakistan Air Force
Battles/wars Liberation War of Bangladesh
Awards Bir Sreshtho

Matiur Rahman (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান) or M. Matiur Rahman (October 29, 1941 in Dhaka - August 20, 1971) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Pakistan Air Force when the Liberation War broke out. His date of birth is sometimes given as 29 November 1941.

For his attempt to defect from the Pakistan Air Force, he was decorated with the Bir Sreshtho award by Bangladesh which is the highest honor given. The Bangladesh Air Force's Air Base at Jessore is also named after him.

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Education and career

He had received his primary education at Dhaka Collegiate School. Next he was admitted into PAF Public School, Sargodha in West Pakistan. After completing his twelfth class course there he entered Pakistan Air Force Academy. He was commissioned on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course and was posted at Risalpur, West Pakistan. He successfully completed the Jet Conversion Course in Karachi before he was appointed a Jet Pilot in Peshawar.

Death

On August 20, 1971 he attempted to hijack a T-33 trainer from Karachi, Pakistan to India in order to defect from the Pakistan Air Force and join the Liberation movement of Bangladesh. The T-33 aircraft was code-named 'Bluebird'. However, Matiur Rahman could not take the plane out of Pakistani territory. The plane crashed in Thatta, 40 kilometres near the Indian border because of the struggle to regain control of the plane by a Pakistani Air Force pilot, Rashid Minhas (a national hero of Pakistan). His body, which was found near the crash site, was buried at the military graveyard at Masroor Air Base.[1] Matiur's widow, Milly, and his two infant daughters were imprisoned for a month by Pakistan Air Force, and were released on September 29, 1971.[2][3]

Alternate theory

During the jostle, Motiur after realizing that the plane will crash due to the struggle, somehow pressed the eject button and Motiur was thrown out of the plane. Motiur had no parachute with him and, thus, plunged to his death.[4]

Grave transfer

Matiur Rahman's grave

After over 30 years of negotiations, Motiur's body was finally returned to Bangladesh on June 24, 2006 for a ceremonial and highly symbolic reburial in 2006. He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, in Mirpur, Dhaka, with full military honours.[2] His original burial in a nondescript grave in Pakistan had been a sore point between Bangladesh and Pakistan for decades.

Matiur Rahman with Waleed Ehsanul Karim and Momtaz

See also

References

  1. ^ Informative article in banglapedia.org.
  2. ^ a b Matiur's remains received in state honour, Daily Star, June 25, 2006.
  3. ^ Rahman, Milly, Bir Shreshtho Matiur Smarak Grantho, Agami Prokashoni, Dhaka, 2005. pages 70-73.
  4. ^ Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 virtual archive. "Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 Birshrestho Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman". http://liberationwar71.blogspot.com/2010/12/birshrestho-flight-lieutenant-motiur.html. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 

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