Hamidur Rahman

Hamidur Rahman ( _bn. হামিদুর রহমান), (2 February 1953 - 28 October 1971) better known as Shaheed Sepoy Hamidur Rahman was a Sepoy in Bangladesh Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded the Bir Sreshtho, the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh.

In an attempt to capture the Pakistani Army's position which finally fell to advancing Mukti Bahini column, Hamidur Rahman was killed on October 28,1971 at Dhalai, Sylhet.

Hamidur Rahman was born on 2 February 1953 in Khardo Khalishpur village under Jessore district and was the eldest son of his family. During the Partition of India in 1947, his paternal properties fell in India. They crossed over the border and settled in the bordering area of Khorda Khalishpur of Jessore district.

He joined East Bengal Regiment on 2 February 1971 and participated in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war he made significant contribution in capturing Dholai Border Outpost at Srimangal. Though the independence fighters came very close to the Border Outpost, it became very difficult to capture owing to the enemy Machine Gun which was continuously firing from the south-western corner of the Border Outpost. Fact|date=December 2007 On 28 October 1971, a battle was taking place between 1st East Bengal Regiment and 30 A Frontier Force Regiment in Dholai of Sylhet. 125 Member East Bengal Regiment decided to charge grenades on the Machine Gun posts of Pakistan army. Rahman took the responsibility of throwing grenades and crawled through the hilly canals. He managed to explode two grenades before he was shot.cite news
title =বীর হামিদুরের ঘরে ফেরা | work =Chutir Dine, Prothom Alo | pages =4-6 | language =Bengali
publisher =Mahfuz Anam | date =15 December 2007 | url =| accessdate =2007-12-16] Hamidur Rahman jumped into the enemy Machine Gun post and engaged in hand to hand fight with the two crews who were guarding the gunFact|date=December 2007 and at one stage neutralized the gun Realizing the fact that Machine Gun outpost is damaged, EBR approached towards the enemy and captured their first line within a short period of time. Later they found out the dead body of Rahman. Thus Dholai Border Outpost was captured. Sepoy Hamidur Rahman's attempt helped East Bengal Regiment to win that mission. He was buried in Tripura in India. On 27 October 2007, advisers of the Bangladeshi caretaker government decided to bring back his remaining to Bangladesh and bury him besides Bir Shrestho Matiur Rahman. [cite news
title =বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ হামিদুরের দেহাবশেষ দেশে এনে সমাহিত করা হবে
work =Prothom Alo
pages =20
language =Bengali
publisher =Mahfuz Anam
date =28 October 2007
url =
accessdate =2007-10-28] 10 December 2007 the remaining of Hamidur Rahman bought back to Bangladesh and 11 December 2007 he was buried again at "Buddhijibi Koborsthan" (Cemetery), Dhaka. cite news
title = Home they brought warrior dead: Bir Shreshtha Hamidur to be buried at Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard today
work = The New Nation
date = December 11 2007
url = http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/12/11/news0254.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-28]

For the courage, valour, dedication to the cause of his motherland and supreme sacrifice, he was conferred Bir Sreshtho by the nation.

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