War hero Nooruzzaman passes away

[integra]

Veteran freedom fighter Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman (Bir Uttam), sector-7 commander of the 1971 Liberation War, breathed his last yesterday at the Square Hospital in the capital.

He was 86.

Nooruzzaman, a veteran of the Second World War, joined the British Indian Navy in 1943 at the age of 18.

He left behind his wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

His body was taken to his DOHS residence and later kept at the mortuary of the Birdem hospital.

The body will be taken to the central Shaheed Minar at 10:30am today for his fellow members of sector-7, well-wishers and people from of all walks of life to pay respect to the valiant freedom fighter.

His namaz-e-janaza will be held after Zohr prayers at the Dhaka University mosque followed by another namaz-e-janaza at the Army mosque at the Dhaka Cantonment after Asr prayers.

He will be laid to rest at the Banani Army Graveyard alongside his fellow freedom fighters, his son-in-law Shahidulla Khan Badal told The Daily Star.

Nooruzzaman joined the Liberation War on March 28, 1971 and was made sector-7 commander on September 26.

During his stint as the chairman of the Muktijoddha Sangsad in the early 1980s, he demanded a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and trial of war criminals. He was jailed by the then military dictator HM Ershad for pressing for the demand.

He was one of the architects of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.

Born to Quazi Sadrul Ola and Ratubannessa on March 24, 1925 in Jessore, Nooruzzaman studied chemistry at St Xavier's College in Calcutta before joining the British Indian Navy in 1943. He fought for the allies in the Second World War off the coasts of Burma and Sumatra.

When his family decided to settle in Pakistan during the partition, Nooruzzaman joined the Pakistan Army but went to voluntary retirement following the imposition of martial law by General Ayyub Khan. He returned briefly to military service during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965.

He was also a noted writer and thinker. He was the editor of weekly Noya Padoddhani and one of the editors of the book, Ekattorer Ghatak o Dalalra Ke Kothay. His books include Muktijuddho o Rajniti, Bangladesher Samaj o Rajniti, Swadesh Chinta, and A Sector Commander Remembers Bangladesh Liberation War.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of the veteran freedom fighter and said he made outstanding contribution to the Liberation War, reports BSS.

"The nation will remember his contribution forever with deep gratitude," Hasina said.

Different socio-cultural organisations also condoled his death.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Hero or a traitor to the nation he swore alliegence to.

 

[Burnz]

Hero or a traitor to the nation he swore alliegence to.

Like you guys did in 1947?

 

[ProsperBD]

Hero or a traitor to the nation he swore alliegence to.

He was bengali not pakistani, the country he swore alliegance to was most probably bangladesh.

 

[Al-zakir]

During his stint as the chairman of the Muktijoddha Sangsad in the early 1980s, he demanded a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and trial of war criminals. He was jailed by the then military dictator HM Ershad for pressing for the demand. He was one of the architects of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.

He was fascist and Awami in nature unless he changed his fascist view later on. I hope he died as mumin.

 

[integra]

Sorry but I don't think he was involved with AL back then. He was also a zillion times better then us Keyboard warriors maybe he was a Damn Patriot BD guy. Let me quote from another source........

In March 1971 . Quazi Nooruzzaman was leading a private life, having retired a few years back from the Pakistan Army. On March 25, Pakistani armed forces began killing Bengalis indiscriminately. The savagery of this genocide prompted him to take up arms again to fight for the liberation of Bangladesh . He initially tried to join Major Shafiullah's battalion. Finally, Colonel M. A. G. Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh armed forces, made him Sector Commander of Sector7..

His later reactions are quite predictable by nature not that he had to be a political figure.....

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Like you guys did in 1947?

47? damn man... stop pushing ur crap in every thread.

We never swore alliegence to india...

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

He was fascist and Awami in nature unless he changed his fascist view later on. I hope he died as mumin.

And you?

Which side were you on during the Liberation?

I am not talking about the side of the bed you were cowering under.

You seem to hate Bangladesh with the core of your heart!

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Hero or a traitor to the nation he swore alliegence to.

He took premature retirement when Ayub was the President through an illegal means i.e. martial law.

Indeed, a man of principles!!

So his allegiance to serve for a Nation was automatically over.

 

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R.I.P to the brave war hero against pakistani forces.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

47? damn man... stop pushing ur crap in every thread.

We never swore alliegence to india...

Those who were in the military then, did!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Those who were in the military then, did!

Yes to the "British" colonial army.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Yes to the "British" colonial army.

To the Queen and to India i.e. British India!!

We were Dominions.

The moral of the story is that Bangladesh is a reality and they have their heroes and they can't help it if it burns you to ashes that they honour their heroes.

You want to burn, then it is your choice and you are a grown up man to make a decision.

 

[TopCat]

seems like a great man. did not know much about him with all the dondrum of zia, ghushak , jatir pita etc.
Faught in WW2 then retiring from Army when he could take the most advantage under martial law. Then rejoined to fight in 1965 when he had more chance of getting killed. then again faught in liberation war for free and retired afterwards. its rare to find of his kind these days...

Al-Zakir, try to learn something from people like him even if he did not subscribe to your ideology.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

I don't understand why some people fly a flag for which it has no love.

Exploiters and lotus eaters!

Here is a poem of loyalty to the Flag.

It is a real story where an old lady Barbara Frietchie held up the Union Flag in the US Civil War when others had pulled it down as Gen Stonewall Jackson, the Confederated General rode in to capture the Union town.

To show that one heart was loyal yet.
Up the street came the rebel tread.
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead;
Under his slouch’d hat left and right
He glanc’d the old flag met his sight.
“Halt!” the dustbrown ranks stand fast.
“Fire!” outblaz’d the rifle blast.
It shiver’d the windowpane and sash.
It rent the banner with seam and gash.
Quick, as it fell from the broken staff,
Dame Barbara snatch’d the silken scarf.
She lean’d far out of the window sill,
And shook it forth with a royal will.
“Shoot, if you must, this! old grey head,
“But spare your country’s flag,” she said,

2. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,
Over the face of the leader came;
The noble nature within him, stirr’d
To life at this woman’s deed and word.
“Who touches a hair of yon grey head,
Dies like a dog, dies like a dog, march on.” he said.
http://www.pdmusic.org/1800s/74bf.txt

The old lady and the General were from two opposing side and yet one was brave and the other appreciated the valour and courage, even though he was from the other side.

It is shameful and petty not to recognise the sacrifice and valour of your own countryman, even if you don't like his politics.

Al Zakira does not lose a moment to spit venom on India, but let me give you an example of how Indians are not so petty minded as him.

The 8 Sikh regiment soldiers opened fire on Captain Sher. Hit many times, he tried to attack the CO for the third time, but of no avail.

Sher had always believed in not dying at the enemy's feet. He was about five feet away from the CO, who could see the desperate attempt Sher was making in not to fall down. Finally, Sher sat down, with his knees bent and touching the ground, and his machine gun still in his hand. The Kalima that he had been reciting so far became lower and lower in volume until it finally stopped. Captain Karnal Sher Khan had died.

Some of the Sikh soldiers became ecstatic that they had indeed made the 'intruder' recite his final Kalima. Two of them ran to Sher Khan's body to kick it from a sitting position into a one where his head was touching the ground.

Seeing the intent of his men, the CO ordered them to stop. He told them that this was a brave man and his body should not be desecrated at any cost. He ordered that Sher's body be brought back to Srinagar rather than being left at Tiger Hill. Upon finding out that Sher was a Pakistani Captain, he made sure that Sher gets a proper military treatment from the Indians. It was he who wrote the citation of Captain Sher, recommending him for the highest gallantry award in Pakistan. The citation can be found at Captain Sher Khan's residence in Fajounabad Charbagh, Swabi.
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