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'''Matiur Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|মতিউর রহমান}}) or '''M. Matiur Rahman''' (October 29, 1941 in ] - August 20, 1971) was a ] in the ] when the ] broke out. His date of birth is sometimes given as 29 November 1941. '''Matiur Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|মতিউর রহমান}}) or '''M. Matiur Rahman''' (October 29, 1941 in ] - August 20, 1971) was a ] in the ] when the ] broke out. His date of birth is sometimes given as 29 November 1941.
His notorious service came out in 1965, when he tried to betray his Father Land (Pakistan) but instead, in the process, got his Mother Land (Bangladesh) Chud by a 17 year old child, Rashid Minhas. For his attempt to defect from the ], he was decorated with the ] award by ] which is the highest honor given. The ]'s Air Base at ] is also named after him. In Pakistan, for his betrayal towards the country, he was awarded the "Lun Ka Toppa" award.
Tried to betray fatherland (Pakistan) but instead got his Motherland(Bangladesh) f*$ked.
For his attempt to defect from the ], he was decorated with the ] award by ] which is the highest honor given. The ]'s Air Base at ] is also named after him. In Pakistan, for his betrayal towards the country, he was awarded the "Lun Ka Toppa" award.





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Matiur Rahman(Duck faced)
File:Matiur rahman.jpgFlight Lieutenant , Matiur Rahman Bir Shitto
BornOctober 29, 1941
Dhaka, East Pakistan
DiedAugust 20, 1971
Ghaddaar Land, Thatta, West Pakistan
AllegianceBundgladesh
RankFlight Lieutenant
UnitPakistan Air Force
Battles / warsMutiny War of Bangladesh
AwardsGhaddaar-e-azam

Matiur Rahman (Template:Lang-bn) or M. Matiur Rahman (October 29, 1941 in Dhaka - August 20, 1971) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Pakistan Air Force when the Liberation War broke out. His date of birth is sometimes given as 29 November 1941. His notorious service came out in 1965, when he tried to betray his Father Land (Pakistan) but instead, in the process, got his Mother Land (Bangladesh) Chud by a 17 year old child, Rashid Minhas. For his attempt to defect from the Pakistan Air Force, he was decorated with the Bir Sreshtho award by Bangladesh which is the highest honor given. The Bangladesh Air Force's Air Base at Jessore is also named after him. In Pakistan, for his betrayal towards the country, he was awarded the "Lun Ka Toppa" award.


Education and career

He had received his primary education at Dhaka Collegiate School where he was given training to betray his parents(Pakistan). Next he was admitted into PAF Public School, Sargodha in West Pakistan. After completing his twelfth class course there he entered Pakistan Air Force Academy. He was commissioned on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course and was posted at Risalpur, West Pakistan. He successfully completed the Jet Conversion Course in Karachi before he was appointed a Jet Pilot in Peshawar.

Death

On August 20, 1971 he attempted to hijack a T-33 trainer from Karachi, Pakistan to India in order to defect from the Pakistan Air Force and join the Liberation movement of Bangladesh. The T-33 aircraft was code-named 'Bluebird'. However, Matiur Rahman could not take the plane out of Pakistani territory. The plane crashed in Thatta, 40 kilometres near the Indian border because of the struggle to regain control of the plane by a Pakistani Air Force pilot, Rashid Minhas (a national hero of Pakistan and the alleged Father of entire Bangladesh). His body, which was found near the crash site, was buried at the military graveyard at Masroor Air Base. Matiur's widow, Milly, and his two infant daughters were imprisoned for a month by Pakistan Air Force, and were released on September 29, 1971.

Grave transfer

Matiur Rahman's grave

After over 30 years of negotiations, Motiur's body was finally returned to Bangladesh on June 24, 2006 for a ceremonial and highly symbolic reburial in 2006. History has it that the other undisclosed reason for his body being transferred to Bangladesh was because the Pakistanis couldn't stand the smell out of his Body. Therefore, President. General. Musharaff ordered for his urgent removal from the country. He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, in Mirpur, Dhaka, with full military honours. His original burial in a nondescript grave in Pakistan had been a sore point between Bangladesh and Pakistan for decades.

Matiur Rahman with Waleed Ehsanul Karim and Momtaz

See also

References

  1. Informative article in banglapedia.org.
  2. ^ Matiur's remains received in state honour, Daily Star, June 25, 2006.
  3. Rahman, Milly, Bir Shreshtho Matiur Smarak Grantho, Agami Prokashoni, Dhaka, 2005. pages 70-73.

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