Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar Explained

Honorific Prefix:Brigadier
Mahmudur Rahman Mazumdar
Birth Place:Katigorah, Assam, British India
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation:Politician
Office:Member of Parliament for Sylhet-5
Term Start:1986
Term End:1991
Successor:Obaidul Haque
Party:Jatiya Party
Allegiance:
(Before 1971)
Branch:
Bangladesh Army
Serviceyears:1950-1979
Unit:East Bengal Regiment
Rank: Brigadier General
Commands:
Battles:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Relations:Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (nephew)

Mahmudur Rahman Mazumdar (25 December 1922[1] -19 December 2011) was a Bangladesh Army brigadier who was the most senior ethnic Bengali officer in Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Mazumdar was born into a Bengali Muslim family on 25 December 1922 in the village of Chandinagar in Katigora Thana, Cachar district, Assam Province, British Raj. His ancestral home was in the village of Bolramer Chok in Kaskanakpur Union, Zakiganj Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. His father was Wajid Ali Mazumdar.

After completing his primary and secondary education locally, Mazumdar studied at the Murari Chand College in Sylhet where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.[4]

Career

In 1950, he joined the Pakistan Army as a captain. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he commanded the Sialkot Sector. He earned the status of brigadier in 1969 making him the first Bengali in the Pakistan Army to earn that title.

Mazumdar defected from the Pakistan Army at the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War, becoming the commanding officer of East Pakistan Regiment Centre He was arrested and charged with treason by the Pakistan Army during the war.[5] He was tortured in custody.[6]

Mazumdar after retiring from Bangladesh Army joined the Jatiya Party. He was elected to parliament from Sylhet twice.

Death

Mazumdar died on 19 December 2011.

Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-01-09/news/215009 . bn:তাঁর অবদান ভোলার নয় - প্রথম আলো . 2012-01-11 . Prothom Alo . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111042213/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-01-09/news/215009 . bn . 2019-11-11 . 2012-01-11.
  2. News: The Bengali brigadier in Pakistan's army . The Daily Star . 4 April 2017 . en . 21 January 2012.
  3. News: Debt of blood that we owe to Capt Bashar . Daily Sun . 4 April 2017.
  4. ব্রিগেডিয়ার মজুমদার - মো. মাহমুদুর রহমান। দৈনিক সিলেটের ডাক; ১৯ ডিসেম্বর ২০১২ তারিখে প্রকাশিত
  5. News: Ex-JP MP Majumder no more . bdnews24.com . 19 December 2011 . 4 April 2017.
  6. Web site: I was put in a gunny bag and kept in the scorching sun . gold.mukto-mona.com . 4 April 2017.