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	Indian Express: Bangladesh Army chief to visit Ambala today
		CHANDIGARH, Dec 8: The Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Muhammad Mustafizur Rehman will be visiting Ambala Cantonment on a good will visit tomorrow, according to a statement issued here.He will be accompanied by his wife, Begum Rashida.
		Indian Express: Bangladesh Army chief to visit Ambala today
		On his arrival, Lt Gen Mustafizur will be received by the General Officer Commanding, 2 Corps, Lt Gen G.S. Sihota.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981209/34351774p.html (172 words)

	INDOlink Book & Media Review :SURRENDER AT DACCA: BIRTH OF A NATION
		He was chief of Staff, Eastern Army during the critical period prior to and during the operation for the liberation of Bangladesh, being awarded the PSVM for his pivotal role there.
		The campaign for the liberation of Bangladesh was short and swift, spread over some thirteen campaign days, conducted in riverine terrain highly suitable for defense.
		During his 37 years in the Army he commanded infantry and artillery brigades, the Artillery school, an infantry division corps and finally Eastern Army.
	www.indolink.com /Book/book10.html (172 words)

	Chinese Defence Minister Meets Bangladesh Guests
		China's Defense Minister Chi Haotian met Wednesday with Fakhrul Azam, chief of the air staff of the Bangladesh air force.
		Azam said after the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties,the friendly relations between the two countries in various sectors have been proceeding in a smooth way, while contacts of the two armies have been frequent.
		Chi, also vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and state councilor, spoke highly of the good-neighborly ties of mutual understanding, trust and support between China and Bangladesh.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200208/22/eng20020822_101885.shtml (320 words)

	Metropolitan
		Earlier, on her arrival at the BIR Centre at Rajshahi cantonment in a ceremonial motorcade, the Prime Minister was received by Chief of the Army Staff Lieutenant General Hasan Mushhud Chowdhury and Bogra Area Commnander Major General Manzurul Alam.
		She said that the infantry regiment is the mainstay of the army and added the contributions of the members of this regiment in the country’s war of independence and subsequently in the safeguarding of the national independence and also in the curbing of terrorism in the Chittagong Hill Tracts would be written in golden letters.
		The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Affairs (BIISS), a government think-tank, in conjunction with the embassies of Germany and France organised the conference, which began on Saturday.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/13/13102004mt.htm (320 words)

	Feed Back
		They can be owned and commercially run by a navy welfare organisation similar to the Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS) which is purely a private organisation except for the top of the Board of Trustees, headed as it is by the Chief of Army Staff (ex-officio).
		It may be mentioned that the top management of these two organisations are navy personnel drawing their salaries and perk from the naval budget.
		The size of the navy does not justify having three dockyards, one already in Chittagong Naval Base, for the maintenance of the fleet as such.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/jan/28/fb.html (1093 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Navy Chief praises professional skill of Bangladesh Armed Forces
		Admiral Prakash also met with Bangladesh Army Chief Lt Gen Moin U Ahmed, Air Force Chief Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam, Defence Secretary Mesbah Uddin Ahmed and Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division Maj Gen Mustafa Reza Noor.
		Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Veena Sikri, Bangladesh Navy Chief Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan and senior officials were also present at the meeting.
		Admiral Prakash praised the professional skills of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the meeting, an ISPR release said.
	www.defenceindia.com /19-dec-2k5/news8.html (162 words)

	3d United States Infantry Regiment
		Wreath Laying Ceremony for the Bangladesh Chief of Staff
		US Army MDW and JFHQ-NCR change of command 2
	www.mdw.army.mil /oldguard/photos.htm (162 words)

	Sri Lanka Army -Maj. Gen G. S. C Fonseka Appointed New Deputy Chief Of Staff
		Major General G.S.C Fonseka RWP RSP rcds psc the incumbent Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) and Colonel of the Regiment, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment, has been appointed the new Deputy Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army effective from 01 July 2004.
		Enlisted to the Army on 05th February 1970, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently posted to the 1st Bn Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment on 01st June 1971.
		Furthermore, he undertook an inspection assignment to Iran in 1992.
	www.army.lk /News_Reports/2004/July/071.htm (162 words)

	Bangladesh ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMED FORCES - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		During periods of direct military rule, the navy and air force chiefs of staff (rear admiral or major, general respectively) served as deputy chief martial law administrators, subordinate to the army chief of staff strongman.
		In theory, the three service chiefs are coequals in the national command structure; in practice, the army dominates the defense establishment because of its imposing size and its historic role in monitoring or commandeering the political process.
		In the absence of a formal interservice command structure, the cohesion of the Bangladeshi military depends on informal, shifting alliances among senior commanders, most notably within the inner circle of army generals who command the country's six divisions.
	www.photius.com /countries/bangladesh/national_security/bangladesh_national_security_organization_of_the_~264.html (162 words)

	World Affairs Board - Pakistani Genocide
		Not only Pakistanis, but one of the Bangladeshi stalwarts, the only surviving sector commander and post Liberation Chief of Army Staff, Major General KM Shafiullah also participated in voicing his opinion.
		General Gul Hassan Khan, Chief of General Staff (CGS), Pakistani Army.
		Some of the names dont have any refrences to the criminal act, they just did their duty, fought for the Pakistani Army.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=4591 (7376 words)

	CITIES
		Incidentally, Jacob who was Chief of Staff, Eastern Army, during the Bangladesh war, had negotiated the largest ever surrender of the Pakistani Army.
		Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob, (retd) the Governor of Punjab, today, visited the Indo-Pak border in Khemkaran sector to meet the soldiers and the officers of the Army deployed on the border due to the prevailing tension.
		The Army officers apprised him regarding the present situation and also the preparations made by the Army to handle it.
	cities.expressindia.com /archivefullstory.php?newsid=19125&creation_date=2002-05-30 (7376 words)

	Bangladesh - Restoration of Military Rule, 1975-77
		Zia also took on the portfolios of finance, home affairs, industry, and information, as well as becoming the army chief of staff.
		President Sayem became chief martial law administrator, and the military service chiefs, most significantly the army's Zia, became deputy chief martial law administrators.
		Chief Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, who had served Mujib in the Supreme Court, emerged as president.
	countrystudies.us /bangladesh/20.htm (7376 words)

	Ziaur Rahman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khandakar Moshtaq Ahmad replaced Mujibur Rahman and on 25 August 1975, Ziaur Rahman was made the chief of army staff.
		Rahman is very popular in Bangladesh; it is worth noting that the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, was his wife.
		Rahman was assassinated in Chittagong by army officials in May 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ziaur_Rahman (1827 words)

	The World Affairs Network - Pakistani Genocide
		General Abdul Hamid Khan, Chief of Army Staff (CAS), was one of the architects of Bangladesh Genocide.
		Tikka Khan, stated that "military action was based on use of force primarily, and at many places indiscriminate use of force was resorted to which alienated the public against the Army.
		Commander Tariq Kamal Khan (later he became Admiral and Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy) was stationed at Chittagong.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=4591 (9057 words)

	Yahya Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan.
		Instead of transferring power to the speaker of the National Assembly, as the constitution dictated, however, he handed it over to the commander in chief of the army, General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan.
		Yahya became the highest-ranking casualty of the war: to forestall further unrest, he hastily surrendered his powers to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, age 43, the ambitious leader of West Pakistan's powerful People's Party and in January 1972 an independent Bangladesh came into existence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yahya_Khan (717 words)

	Ziaur Rahman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zia is also held responsible for the arrest and subsequent hanging of Colonel Taher, who was instrumental in his release and restoration to Chief of Staff 21 July 1976.
		Zia was assassinated in Chittagong on 30 May 1981 by a small army group, alleged to have been ordered by Major General Monjur, head of Chittagong division army.
		In 2005, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in a verdict declared General Zia's military rule as unconstitutional.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ziaur_Rahman (2466 words)

	Field Marshal Manekshaw recovering - News - Webindia123.com
		The eighth Chief of the Army Staff, who led the Indian Army during the 197l operations against Pakistan, which led to the creation of Bangladesh and the surrender of more than 90000 Pakistanis in East Pakistan, was India's first Field Marshal and was endearingly called 'Sam Bahadur'.
		Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, who is undergoing treatment at the Army Research and Referral Hospital here in New Delhi, is well on the way to recovery.
		Officials said that the 91-year-old Field Marshal's chest ailment was well under control and his general condition was stable.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=156962&...&cat=India (156 words)

	Bangladesh Timeline Year 1952-1999
		Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf stages bloodless coup; Mujib’s four close political associates killed in the Dhaka Central Jail; on November 7, Brigadier Khaled and his supporters killed at a cantonment near Dhaka by mutineers; Major General Ziaur Rahman reinstated Chief of Army Staff; President A. Sayem becomes Chief Marlial Law Administrator (CMLA).
		A group of junior army officers assassinate Mujib.
		Eleven air force officers killed in an abortive coup attempt.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/timeline/year1952-1999.htm (156 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pakistan - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Pakistani Information Resource
		General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, chief of the army staff--a new title for service chiefs replacing the former title of commander in chief--saw that the army was unwilling to engage in the violence that would be necessary to put down the unrest.
		The armed forces were shattered and their equipment destroyed; 9,000 troops were lost, and 90,000 prisoners of war were in the hands of Indians and Bengalis in Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan).
		Yahya Khan resigned in disgrace, and the winner of the elections in West Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, succeeded him as CMLA and president.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/pakistan/pakistan143.html (2089 words)

	Business
		The chief of Army Staff and the chairman of the bank, Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, inaugurated the branch.
		The vice-chairman of the bank and Adjutant General of Bangladesh Army, Major General Sina Ibn Jamali, the managing director, Iqbal U Ahmed, directors and senior officials of the bank also attended the inaugural function.
		Mercantile Bank Ltd. observed its 6th founding anniversary on Thursday, says a press release.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/jun/06/busi.html (2089 words)

	Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI)
		Gen.Beg made Maj.Gen.Kallue persona non grata (PNG), stopped inviting him to the Corps Commanders conferences and transferred the responsibility for the proxy war in J and K and for assisting the Sikh extremists in the Punjab from the ISI to the Army intelligence directorate working under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS).
		Writing in the "Nation" of July 31,1997, Brig.A.R.Siddiqui, who had served as the Press Relations Officer in the army headquarters in the 1970s, said that this action of hers marked the beginning of her trouble with Gen.Beg, the then COAS, which ultimately led to her dismissal in August,1990.
		Similarly, Z.A.Bhutto, when faced with a revolt by Balochi nationalists in Balochistan after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, suspected the loyalty of the Balochi police officers of the SIB in Quetta and made the military officers of the ISI responsible for internal intelligence in Balochistan.
	www.saag.org /papers3/paper287.html (2274 words)

	Armed forces panorama
		Addressing a group of 318 peacekeepers for UN Mission in Ethiopia -Eritrea drawn from 12 Maratha Light Infantry and 61 Engineer Regiment, the Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi stressed upon the need to be impartial and sensitive to the needs of local population.
		During second World War, battalions of Indian Army including 2 Maratha Light Infantry (Kali Panchwin) took part in the battle against Italians on the soil of Eritrea.
		Mrs Shyama Devi, widow of L/Nk Ram Ugrah Pandey recalled her husband‘s heroic role in the famous Battle of Hilli in Bangladesh during the 1971 war for which he was awarded the
	mod.nic.in /samachar/apr7/html/pano.htm (2664 words)

	One general salutes another
		General ( later Field Marshal S H F J) Manekshaw, the Chief of the Army Staff, told me to proceed to Dhaka to force General Niazi, the governor of East Pakistan, to surrender.
		General Jacob, who, after his retirement from the Indian Army, has served as governor of Goa and Punjab, recalls those heady days of December 1971 and his association with General Aurora, who passed away on May 3 in New Delhi.
		But I must add that the victory also belonged to the 1,200 officers and men of the Indian armed forces who laid down their lives to liberate Bangladesh.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/05nspec1.htm (2664 words)

	Encyclopedia: 2004 in India
		November 27 - Lieutenant General Joginder Jaswant Singh is named the next Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army.
		January 28 - Former all-rounder Robin Singh appointed coach of the under-19 Indian cricket team for the junior World Cup to be played in Bangladesh in April.
		July 15 - Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, prime accused in the high profile rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster is arrested by West Bengal police in Darjeeling district while trying to flee to Nepal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2004-in-India (2664 words)

	World Affairs Board - Pakistani Genocide
		General Abdul Hamid Khan, Chief of Army Staff (CAS), was one of the architects of Bangladesh Genocide.
		Tikka Khan, stated that "military action was based on use of force primarily, and at many places indiscriminate use of force was resorted to which alienated the public against the Army.
		Aziz Ahmed Khan (Witness no 276) who was Commanding Officer 8 Baluch and then CO 86 Mujahid Battalion are also directly relevant.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=4591 (8957 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.
		General Tikka Khan (the architect of ‘Operation Searchlight’ in East Pakistan) rose to become Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
		In his telegram to State Department on May 29, 1958, he wrote, “To hold East Pakistan, a dictator would have to strengthen army here, now one under-strength division, including two Bengali battalions which might mutiny.
		The commander of Eastern theatre, Lt. General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi’s plan which he presented to the central government in June 1971 (when he was facing a full blown rebellion of his own population with no heavy equipment and air force), in his own words was, “...
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2003/12/08/editorial.htm (8957 words)

	Begum Khaleda Zia -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		To avoid total chaos, the chief of staff of the army, General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, took over as chief administrator of martial law on July 5, 1977.
		The first woman to serve as prime minister of Bangladesh, she governed during a period of natural disasters, economic distress, and civil unrest.
		Zia was the third of five children born to Taiyaba and Iskandar Majumdar, a businessman.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389332 (535 words)

	M A G Osmani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a commander of a British Army battalion, he served in the Burma sector and was promoted to a Major in 1942.
		With the formation of Mujib's government on 17 April 1971, Osmani was appointed commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces and of the Liberation Forces (Mukhti Bahini).
		Following the war and the Partition of India in 1947, Osmani joined the Pakistan Army on 7 October 1947, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M_A_G_Osmani (680 words)

	Politics News
		K M Obaidur Rahman recalled that following his resignation in the first week of November 1975 he himself was put under house arrest as Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf forced the then President Khondaker Moshtaque Ahmad to make Khaled Chief of the Army staff by arresting Ziaur Rahman.
		Paying glowing tributes to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, he said on this day following the sepoy-people revolution Zia rose to the helm of state power and united the nation, put the country on the path of development, restored law and order and became the architect of modern Bangladesh.
		He said there was a link between the assassination of Bangabandhu and the front line leaders of Liberation War in 1975 and the gory August 21 grenade attack on a public meeting of Sheikh Hasina this year as the "local agents of Pakistan" were hell-bent on jeopardising the hard-earned independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/08/08112004pl.htm (3211 words)

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