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Khurshid Uddin Ahmed
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Khurshid Uddin Ahmed (19 March 1933 – 22 April 2013)[1] was a Bangladesh Army Brigadier General who served in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[2] He was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award in 2021.[3]
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Early life and education
Ahmed was born on 19 March 1933 in Gafargaon Upazila, Mymensingh District, British India (now Bangladesh). His father Abdur Rahman was a deputy superintendent of police. He completed his matriculation from Lohajong Pilot High School in 1948. In 1950 he completed his I.Sc from Dhaka College.In the same year he was admitted to Dhaka Medical College. He was a student of Dhaka Medical College during the Bengali language movement in 1952.[1]
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Military career
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He was commissioned as a lieutenant in Army Medical Corps of Pakistan Army on 19 May 1958. He was posted to 5th Field Ambulance. While working there he competed the Army Commando Course. In 1960 he was deputed to Pakistan Navy and was posted to PNS Jahangir he was made a lieutenant of Navy. In 1964 he returned to army and was posted to Quetta. He participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 He was an accuse in the 1968 Agartala Conspiracy Case.[4] In 1969 he was promoted to the rank of Major and was dismissed from the army.[5]
Liberation War of Bangladesh
After the crackdown of Pakistan Army, Major Khurshid escaped from Dhaka and went to Keraniganj. In Keraniganj he gave training to the new soldiers. Later he joined the Delta Headquarter of Sector 2 under the command of Major Khaled Mosharraf. He wanted to fight in the battle field but the C-in-C of Bangladesh Forces General M.A.G. Osmani ordered him to join the medical services. He played a crucial role in establishing the Army Medical Crops of Bangladesh Army. In September 1971 Army Medical Crops of Bangladesh Army was founded and Squadron leader Shamsul Haque was appointed as the director general of Directorate General of Medical Services, he and Major Shamsul Alam was appointed as assistant director general of Medical Services (Eastern Sector) and assistant director general of Medical Services (Western Sector) respectively. He actively participated in the Belonia Operation.
Bangladesh Army
He was appointed as the commanding officer of Combined Military Hospital, Comilla on 9 December 1971. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 1st April 1972. He also served as the acting brigade commander of 44th Infantry Brigade in the absence of Brigade Commander Ziaur Rahman. In June 1972 he was appointed as the commanding officer of Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka.[6] He was sent to 1973 Arab–Israeli War as the head of Bangladesh Army Medical team. He was later sent Libya and served there as Chest Specialist. Upon his return from Libya he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier.
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Personal life
He was married to Noor Jahan Begum in 1964.[7]
Death and legacy
He died on 22 April 2013 in Dhaka. He was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award in 2021.[8]
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