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{{Infobox person<br />
|name=Abdul Gani<br />
|native_name=আবদুল গনি<br />
|image=<br />
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|birth_date={{circa|1915}}<br />
|birth_place=Nagaish village, [[Brahmanpara Upazila]], [[Comilla District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (Now Bangladesh)<br />
|alma_mater= [[Maulana Azad College|Calcutta Islamia College]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1957|11|11|1915|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=[[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]]<br />
|resting_place=[[Mainamati]] Cantonment, Comilla<br />
}}<br />
Major '''Abdul Gani''' ({{circa|1915}} – 11 November 1957) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] military officer,<ref name="bpedia">{{cite book |last=Haq |first=Muhammad Lutful |year=2012 |chapter=Gani, Major Abdul |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Gani,_Major_Abdul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> who is considered the co-founder of the [[East Bengal Regiment]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/maj-abdul-gani-49729|title=Maj Abdul Gani|date=11 November 2014|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63017|title=Tributes paid to Major Ghani|date=2008-11-12|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-08-23|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Gani was born in Nagais village of [[Brahmanpara Upazila]], [[Comilla District]], [[Bengal]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). He studied in Comilla, and later in [[Calcutta]], where, in 1940, he graduated from [[Maulana Azad College|Calcutta Islamia College]].<ref name="bpedia"/><br />
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==Military career==<br />
Abdul Gani joined the [[British Indian Army]] in 1941, during the [[Second World War]]. He was commissioned as a lieutenant and fought in the [[Burma]] sector. As a mark of his courage, he was nicknamed "Tiger Gani".<ref name="bpedia"/><br />
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Following the [[Partition of India]], he was promoted to the post of captain in 1948. He was in charge of one of the Pioneer Companies of 1st [[East Bengal Regiment]]. He retired from the Army in 1954.<ref name="bpedia"/><ref name="bssnews.net">{{cite web|last1=BSS|title=Khosru recalls contribution of Major Gani|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=447891&date=2014-11-11|website=bssnews.net|publisher=BSS|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195011/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=447891&date=2014-11-11|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Gani joined politics in 1954 and became a member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly as an independent candidate. During his tenure, he was instrumental in proposing the foundation of a [[Cadet Colleges in Pakistan|Cadet College]] in [[East Pakistan]].<ref name="bpedia"/> He played a role in the [[Bengali language movement|Language movement]] of Bangladesh.<ref name="bssnews.net"/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Gani died on 11 November 1957, in [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]]. He had gone there as the leader of the Pakistan delegation at World Veteran Soldiers' Conference. He was buried in [[Mainamati]] Cantonment in Comilla.<ref name="bpedia"/><br />
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