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| death_date = 10 December 2020
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'''Anwar Ul Alam Shaheed''' was a Colonel of the [[Bangladesh Army]], secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs, diplomat,<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=2011-01-17 |title=Science fair in Tangail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-170355 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> and ambassador of Bangladesh to Span and Bahrain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCF VP Anwarul Alam Shaheed dies of Covid-19 - National - observerbd.com |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=288750 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Daily Observer}}</ref> He had served in the [[Kaderia Bahini]] and [[Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-10 |title=Former secretary Anwarul Alam dies |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/12/10/former-secretary-anwarul-alam-dies |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Shaheed was born in 1947 in Thanapara, [[Tangail District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Liberation War veteran, ex-secretary Anwarul Alam Shaheed passes away {{!}} Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) |url=https://wp.bssnews.net/?p=498365 |access-date=2022-10-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> His father was Moulvi Abdur Rahim Ichhapuri, an Islamic scholar, and his mother was Begum Eid Un Nesa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=FF Anwar Ul Alam Shaheed passes away {{!}} Daily Sun {{!}} |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/523031/FF-Anwar-UlAlam-Shaheedpasses-away |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=daily sun |language=en}}</ref> Shaheed was involved with student politics since 1962 and president of Tangail District unit of the [[Chhatra League]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Freedom fighter, ex-secretary Anwar Ul Alam Shaheed dies aged 73 |url=https://bdnews24.com/people/freedom-fighter-ex-secretary-anwar-ul-alam-shaheed-dies-aged-73 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref> He graduated from [[Bindubhashini High School]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Khairuzzaman |first=Z. A. M. |title=Tangail's brave young guerrilla |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-52392.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref> Shaheed was elected general secretary of the student union at [[Salimullah Muslim Hall]].<ref name=":2" />

== Career ==
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Shaheed served in the Kader Bahini, commanded by [[Abdul Kader Siddique|Abdul Kader Siddiqui]], as head of the civilian unit and deputy commander.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He was also the editor of Ronangon, the propaganda publication by the [[Mukti Bahini]].<ref name=":2" /> He wrote under the penname Ronodut.<ref name=":1" /> He provided a tour of the Mukti Bahini hospital, near the village of Andhi, to [[S I M Nurunnabi Khan]]. He served as an assistant director of a militia made up of Mukti Bahini and East Pakistan Rifles personnel.<ref name=":2" />

Shaheed met Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] at the [[Ganabhaban|Gonobhaban]] on 28 January 1972 who asked him to contact Major [[ANM Nuruzzaman]] to talk about forming a militia, which later developed into the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Ahsan |first=Syed Badrul |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=2014-01-13 |title=Myth, reality and Rakkhi Bahini |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/myth-reality-and-rakkhi-bahini-6669 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He met Major ANM Nuruzzaman for the first time on 31 January at the Gonobhaban.<ref name=":4" /> Taslim Ahmed, was then home secretary, and someone Shaheed viewed with suspicion as he remained loyal to Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref name=":4" />
In 1972, [[Bangladesh Rifles]] (formerly East Pakistan Rifles) mutinied.<ref name=":4" /> The soldiers who did not fight for the [[independence of Bangladesh]] fought against soldiers who did.<ref name=":4" /> The situation at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters, Peelkhana, calmed down after Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] visited them.<ref name=":4" />

After the Assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the [[15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état|15 August 1975 Bangladesh Coup d'état]] there were calls for the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini to be dissolved.<ref name=":4" /> Kader Siddiqui visited Shaheed in the morning of 15 August at the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and expressed surprised at seeing tanks on the streets of Dhaka.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Khatib |first=A.L. |date=29 January 2010 |title=THE evening of August 14, 1975 did not seem different from any other evening in August |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=123877 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref> Shaheed told Siddiqui that Bengal Lancers had been given permission to take out three of their tanks.<ref name=":5" /> On the evening on 15 August, General [[Khaled Mosharraf]] summoned Shaheed and Lieutenant Colonel Sarwar Mollah to the [[Bangabhaban]] and defended the assassination of Sheik Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Q. M. Jalal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yw4EAAAQBAJ&dq=Anwar+Ul+Alam+Shaheed&pg=PT170 |title=President Ziaur Rahman: Legendary Leader of Bangladesh |date=2021-06-25 |publisher=Writers Republic LLC |isbn=978-1-63728-574-9 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=psc. (Retd.) |first=Major General K. M. Safiullah, BU |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xl-zDwAAQBAJ&dq=Anwar+Ul+Alam+Shaheed&pg=PA168 |title=15th August A National Tragedy (Bengali Translation) |date=2019-10-03 |publisher=থ্রি নট থ্রি |pages=168 |language=bn}}</ref> Shaheed saw that Khaled Mosharraf and other officers were preparing for an Indian invasion.<ref name=":4" /> At a meeting headed by General Ziaur Rahman and attended by [[Khondokar Moshtaque Ahmed]], General [[M. A. G. Osmani]], Major General [[Khalilur Rahman (general)|Khalilur Rahman]] and Brigadier General ANM Nuruzzaman, Zia suggest it be merged with Bangladesh Army.<ref name=":4" /> This was vehemently opposed by Ahmed.<ref name=":4" /> Zia was able to convince the group and Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was merged into Bangladesh Army through the ''Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (Absorption in the Army) Ordinance'' on 5 October and Shaheed became an officer of Bangladesh Army.<ref name=":4" />

In 1978, Shaheed retired from Bangladesh Army as a colonel.<ref name=":2" /> He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was appointed first secretary at the Bangladesh embassy in Indonesia.<ref name=":2" /> He served in various capacities at Bangladeshi embassies in Brunei, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.<ref name=":2" /> He later served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Bahrain and ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain.<ref name=":2" /> He retired from the foreign service in 2006 with the rank of secretary.<ref name=":2" />

Saqi Anwar wrote a book on Shaheed's life titled ''Shaheed''.<ref name=":3" />

Shaheed at established a museum, Shaheed Muktijuddho Jadughor, on the Bangladesh Liberation War in Tangail in 2011.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shakil |first1=Mirza |last2=Tangail |date=2011-06-10 |title=Museum on Liberation War in Tangail opens |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-189267 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He was the vice president of the Sector Commanders Forum.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
On 1 November 2020, Shaheed was diagnosed with brain tumor and later caught COVID-19 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref name=":2" /> He recovered from COVID-19 but was still kept on ventilators. He died on 10 December 2020 at [[United Hospital, Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=":2" />

== Bibliography ==

* ''Rakkhi Bahini'r Shotto-Mittha (The Truths and Lies of the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini)''<ref name=":4" />
* Ekattor Amaar Sreshtho Shomoy (1971 was my greatest moment)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Tamanna |title=Knowing 1971 |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/12/02/book_review.htm |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=[[Star Weekend Magazine]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Tangail District]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Army colonels]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Spain]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Bahrain]]

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