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Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bangla: মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর) was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district. He was an officer in Sector 7 of the Muktibahini. He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defence on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area but eventually mukti bahini overcame to win the position from Pakistan army. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment- "Shaheed Jahangir Gate" is named in his honour.
He was awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army, Bir Sreshtho for his supreme sacrifice to the nation.
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Early life
Mohiuddin Jahangir was born on 8 March 1949 at Rahimganj village under Babuganj upazila in Barisal district. He accomplished his primary education from the primary school of thana Muladi. He achieved scholarship in talent pool in his 5th and 8th grade. He passed his SSC examination from Muladi Mahbudjan High School in 1964. He finished his HSC from the Barisal BM College. In 1967, he got enrolled at the department of Statistics at the University of Dhaka. On 5 October 1967, he joined the armed forces as a cadet at the Pakistan Military Academy. After successfully completing his training, Jahangir joined as a commissioned officer at the Engineer's Core of the 15th war course. Later he got posted at 173 Engineer's Battalion in Multan. After working with the Battalion for six months, he was shifted to Military College of Engineering in Risalpur. After finishing the 13 month long training, he took the bomb disposal training.
Involvement at the war
In 1971, Mohiuddin Jahangir was working at the construction field at Karakoram. On 10 June, he took a few days leave and went back to Risalpur. One day later, he started towards the Sialkot border to reach India. He managed to cross the border safely and joined the Mukti Bahini at Mehdipur under Maldah district in West Bengal. On 3 July, he became a captain of the sector 7. He was given the responsibility to fight at the Chapai Nawabganj border at Rajshahi district. In December, he was again given the same duty of conquering Chapai Nawabganj. On 14 December, he died after getting hit by an enemy bullet during a battle near Nawabganj. He was buried near Shona Masjid premises and later was posthumously declared as “Bir Shrestho”.
Death
In December, Mohiuddin Jahangir was made the captain of a team in order to clinch the control of Chapai nawabganj from the Pakistanis. He set his camp at a place called Barghoria at the west of Nawabganj on 10 December. On 13 December, Mohiuddin Jahangir divided his army into three groups in order to attack on different enemy camps at Chapainababganj and Rajshahi. One team led by Lieutenant Rafiq crossed Mohananda and continued to proceed towards Rohonpur-Nachole-Anupura and Nawabganj. The second team crossed the Mahananda River and marched towards the city. At this point Mohiuddin Jahangir failed to establish any advantage over the enemy. So he continued with his team and crossed Mahananda and camped at Rehaichar before Dawn. He intended to destroy one of the light machine gun bunker of the Pakistan Army and crawled towards it. He managed to come closer to the bunker and charged grenade to it. But he was fired from another bunker and as a result, he was immediately shot dead. He was buried to Choto Shona Mosque premises at Mehdipur where most of his activities had taken place during the war. Later he was announced Bir Shrestho.
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