Taramon Bibi

Taramon Bibi (Bangla: তারামন বিবি) is the one of the two decorated female freedom fighters in Bangladesh, and the only one of them to have engaged in direct combat. She fought for the Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army) which was a guerilla force that fought against the Pakistan military in during Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971.

She fought in her village home in Shankar Madhabpur, Kurigram District. She was in Sector 11 under the leadership of Sector commander Abu Taher. After the war, she was awarded honored with the title Bir Protik (Symbol of Valor) by the Bangladesh government. But her whereabouts were unknown and the award was never handed over to her. She herself remained unaware of this until 1995, when a researcher from Mymensingh discovered her. She was finally given her award by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on December 19, 1995.

External links and references

* [http://humanists.net/avijit/26th_march/tales_of_endurance.htm Tales of Endurance and Courage] "Bir Protik Taramon Bibi fought against Pakistanis in the liberation war in her village home in Shankar Madhabpur Kurigram. She was in Sector 11 under the leadership of Sector commander Abu Taher, Bir Uttam. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Government honoured her with the Bir Protik title in 1973, for her courageous role in resisting the Pakistan occupation force with weapons."
* [http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/new/2003/09/28/district.htm Bangladesh Observer September 28, 2003] "Taramon Bibi, Bir Pratik, 50, has sought government assistance for her better treatment as doctors termed the health condition of the 1971 Liberation War veteran as alarming, reports BSS."