Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir () was an officer in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 7 March 1949 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 defences on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area; eventually the Muktibahini overcame and took the position from the Pakistan army. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment, "Shaheed Jahangir Gate", is named in his honour.
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| - Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir () was an officer in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 7 March 1949 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 defences on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area; eventually the Muktibahini overcame and took the position from the Pakistan army. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment, "Shaheed Jahangir Gate", is named in his honour.
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| - Rehaichar, Chapai Nawabganj
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| - Bir Sreshtho Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir
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| - Bir Sreshtho, Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir at the National Art Gallery in Dhaka
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| - Barisal, Bengal, East Pakistan
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| - Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir () was an officer in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 7 March 1949 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 defences on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area; eventually the Muktibahini overcame and took the position from the 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.
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