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'''Golam Helal Morshed Khan''' is a retired Major General of the [[Bangladesh Army]] and veteran of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He was awarded [[Bir Bikrom]], third highest gallantry award, for his actions in the war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Countrywide |title=Helal for Liberation War spirit in new generations {{!}} The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh |url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/59585/?regenerate |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Asian Age |language=en}}</ref> He participated in the [[1996 Bangladeshi coup d'état attempt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BANGLADESH'S ARMY CHIEF FIRED |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-20-9605210161-story.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh ex-army chief arrested |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/05/21/Bangladesh-ex-army-chief-arrested/3381832651200/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Khan was lieutenant in the [[Mukti Bahini]] and served in Kalkalia of [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War|Sector 3]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=::: Star Campus ::: |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2008/03/04/feature_sectors.htm |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Muktijuddho (Bangladesh Liberation War 1971) - Eleven (11) Sectors - History of Bangladesh |url=http://www.londoni.co/index.php/23-history-of-bangladesh/1971-muktijuddho/136-muktijuddho-bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-eleven-11-sectors-history-of-bangladesh |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=www.londoni.co}}</ref> This second was commanded by Major [[K. M. Shafiullah]] who was later replaced by Major [[A. N. M. Nuruzzaman]].<ref name=":0" /> The neighboring camp was commanded by [[M Harun-Ar-Rashid]] who had borrowed weapons from Khan's camp.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harun-ar-rashid |first=M. |date=2018-03-26 |title=Operation Kalachara Tea Garden |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2018/operation-kalachara-tea-garden-1553320 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Khan fought in the battle to liberate [[Ashuganj]] in a joint operation between the Indian Army and the Mukti Bahini.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashuganj got freedom in Liberation War today {{!}} The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh |url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/208915/?regenerate |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Asian Age |language=en}}</ref> He fought in the first and second battle of Belonia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mustafa |first=FF Ghulam |date=2017-12-16 |title=BATTLES OF BELONIA BULGE |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/victory-day-special-2017/battles-belonia-bulge-1505437 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

Khan fought in the [[Liberation of Mirpur]] in 1972 as a captain in the 2nd [[East Bengal Regiment]] of the Bangladesh Army and commander of Delta Company.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-16 |title=Mirpur: The tale of the last battle |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/supplement/mirpur-tale-last-battle-344386 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> After the surrender of Pakistan Army and the independence of Bangladesh, Mirpur was the last stronghold of pro-Pakistan forces.<ref name=":1" /> He commanded the Bangladeshi forces composed 82 personnel of Bangladesh Army and 200 personnel of [[Bangladesh Police]].<ref name=":1" /> His commanding officer was Major [[Moinul Hossain Chowdhury]] who sent Second Lieutenant Selim Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, who was killed in action, to support him.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alamgir |first=Mohiuddin |date=2021-01-31 |title=The last battlefield |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/the-last-battlefield-2036585 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The battle saw heavy gunfights between his forces and [[Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh|collaborators of Pakistan Army]].<ref name=":1" /> After losing 42 army personnel and 82 police personnel Khan retreated from Mirpur to an [[Indian Army|Indian army]] base.<ref name=":1" /> Mirpur was liberated after reinforcements were sent from different cantonments of Bangladesh.<ref name=":1" />

Major General Khan was the GOC of [[Bogra Cantonment]] in 1996.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1996-05-21 |title=Bangladeshi President Fires Army Chief |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-21-mn-6642-story.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alagappa |first=Muthiah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmVwhDYHgBkC&dq=Major+General+G.H.+Murshed+Khan&pg=PA223 |title=Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia |date=2001 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-4227-6 |pages=223 |language=en}}</ref> He criticised the government following the [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election]], which was boycotted by all parties except the ruling [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] who won,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Shaikh Hasina Takes Over From Khalida Zia in Successful Bangladesh Election |url=https://www.wrmea.org/1996-august-september/shaikh-hasina-takes-over-from-khalida-zia-in-successful-bangladesh-election.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=WRMEA |language=en-gb}}</ref> and in response [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Abdur Rahman Biswas]] sacked him and deputy chief of Bangladesh Rifles, Brigadier General [[Hameedur Rehman]].<ref name=":2" /> Army chief general [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim|Abu Saleh Mohammed Nasim]] revolted and launched the failed [[1996 Bangladeshi coup d'état attempt]] with support of troops from Bogra Cantonment.<ref name=":2" /> In the [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election]], the [[Awami League]] was elected to power.<ref name=":3" />

Khan is the chairman of [[Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Correspondent |date=2021-03-08 |title='We Answered the Call' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/we-answered-the-call-2056657 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Recipients of the Bir Bikrom]]

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