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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[File:বীর শ্রেষ্ঠ পদক.jpg|20px]]
| name = Hamidur Rahman
| native_name = হামিদুর রহমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| honorific_suffix = [[Bir Sreshtho]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1953|2|2}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1971|10|28|1953|2|2}}<ref>{{cite news |date=9 March 2008 |title=Birshrestha Hamidur museum opens today |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/story.php?nid=26773 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = Khardo Khalishpur, [[Maheshpur Upazila|Moheshpur]], [[Jhenaidah]], [[Khulna Division]], [[Bangladesh]] former [[East Bengal]]
| death_place = Dhalai, [[Srimangal, Bangladesh]]
| allegiance = [[Bangladesh]]
| serviceyears =
| rank = [[Sepoy]] (No: 3943014)
| unit = [[East Bengal Regiment]]
| battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], Sector-4
| awards = [[Bir Sreshtho]]
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
}}
Hamidur Rahman was born on 2 February 1953 Khardo Khalishpur, Moheshpur, Jhenaidah, Khulna Division, Bangladesh former East Bengal'''Hamidur Rahman, BS''' (2 February 1953{{snd}}28 October 1971) was a [[sepoy]] in [[Bangladesh Army]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. Rahman was killed on 28 October 1971 at Dholoi during the [[Battle of Dhalai]], [[Srimangal]] during an attempt to capture the Pakistani Army's position. The advancing [[Indian Army]] and [[Mukti Bahini]] column finally captured the Dhalai Border Outpost on 3 November 1971. He was posthumously awarded the [[Bir Sreshtho]], the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Unb|title=War heroes honoured|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/story.php?nid=115066|work=The Daily Star|date=21 November 2009|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> The Dhalai post was eventually captured permanently by three infantry battalions belonging to 61 Mountain Brigade, one battalion belonging to [[East Bengal Regiment|East Bengal Rifles]] (EBR) and 7 [[Rajputana Rifles]] supported by an artillery sized brigade of Indian army<ref name="jungle odyssey"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/features/brig-tom-pande-the-maha-vir-284906|title=Brig 'Tom' Pande, the Maha Vir|date=18 July 2021|work=Tribune India}}</ref> fought against a battalion sized 12 Frontier Force of Pakistan army.<ref name="theprint">{{cite news | url= https://theprint.in/opinion/even-before-1971-war-started-with-pakistan-india-had-won-the-battle/152975/ | title= Even before 1971 war started with Pakistan, India had won the battle |date=22 November 2018 | work= The Print (India) | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181122115637/https://theprint.in/opinion/even-before-1971-war-started-with-pakistan-india-had-won-the-battle/152975/ | archive-date= 22 November 2018 | url-status= live | accessdate=3 December 2019 }}</ref><ref name="jungle odyssey">{{cite book | title= Jungle Odyssey (A Soldiers Memoirs) | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XU26DQAAQBAJ | author=Major General Ashok Kalyan Verma | publisher= KW publisher Pvt Ltd. | date= 15 May 2013 |isbn = 9789385714771| accessdate= 5 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date= 17 December 2013 | title= Notable battles in the 11 Sectors | url =http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/dec/17/notable-battles-11-sectors | newspaper= Dhaka Tribune | access-date= 27 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url= http://defencejournal.com/dec98/battle-dhalai.htm | title = Battle of Dhalai | magazine=Defence Journal | date=December 1998 |pages=30–36 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991007045605/http://defencejournal.com/dec98/battle-dhalai.htm |archive-date=7 October 1999}}</ref>

==Background==
Rahman was born on 2 February 1953 in Khardo Khalishpur village (Renamed Hamid Nagar) in [[Maheshpur Upazila|Moheshpur thana]] of the [[Jhenaidah District]]. Hamidur Rahman Degree College was named in his honour.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Birshreshtha Hamidur's death anniversary today|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/birshreshtha-hamidurs-death-anniversary-today-47746|work=The Daily Star|date=28 October 2014|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> He was the eldest son of his family. During the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, his paternal properties fell in India. They crossed over the border and settled in the bordering area of Khorda Khalishpur of Jhenaidah.

== Liberation war ==
Hamidur Rahman joined [[East Bengal Regiment]] on 2 February 1971 and participated in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muazzam Hussain |year=2012 |chapter=Rahman, Birsrestha Mohammad Hamidur |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_Birsrestha_Mohammad_Hamidur |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> During the war he made a significant contribution in capturing the Dhalai Border Outpost at [[Srimangal]]. Though the independence fighters came very close to the Border Outpost, it became very difficult to capture owing to the enemy machine gun which was continuously firing from the south-western corner of the Dhalai Border Outpost.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} On 28 October 1971, a battle was taking place between 1st East Bengal Regiment and 30 A [[Frontier Force Regiment]] in Dhalai of Sylhet. 125 members of the East Bengal Regiment decided to use [[grenade]]s on the machine gun posts of the Pakistani army. Rahman took the responsibility of throwing grenades, and crawled through the hilly canals. He managed to throw two grenades before he was shot.<ref name="ChutirDine">{{cite news
| title =বীর হামিদুরের ঘরে ফেরা | work =Chutir Dine, [[Prothom Alo]] | pages =4–6 | language =bn
| publisher =Mahfuz Anam | date =15 December 2022}}</ref>
Rahman jumped into the enemy machine gun post and engaged in hand-to-hand fighting with the two crews who were guarding the gun, and at one point neutralised the gun.<ref name="ChutirDine"/> Realizing the fact that the machine gun outpost was damaged, the EBR's approach towards the enemy captured their first line within a short period of time. After the capture of the Dhalai Border Outpost, members of the EBR found the dead body of Rahman.<ref name="ChutirDine"/> Rahman's efforts helped the East Bengal Regiment take the outpost. He was buried in [[Tripura]] in India.

===Reburial===
[[File:12122009 Virshreshto Sipahi Hamidur Rahman Grave photo1 RanadipamBasu.jpg|thumb|Grave]]
On 27 October 2007, advisers of the [[Caretaker government of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi caretaker government]] decided to bring back his remains to Bangladesh and bury him besides Bir Shrestho [[Matiur Rahman (military pilot)|Matiur Rahman]]. It is said {{By whom|date=August 2022}} that the last place he stood alive was about 20 feet away from the Pakistani bunker, either in a canal or where the memorial is (near the bunker).<ref>{{cite news
| title =বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ হামিদুরের দেহাবশেষ দেশে এনে সমাহিত করা হবে
| work =[[Prothom Alo]]
| pages =20
| language =bn
| publisher =Mahfuz Anam
| date =28 October 2022}}</ref>
10 December 2007 the remains of Rahman were brought back to Bangladesh and on 11 December 2007 he was buried again at ''Buddhijibi Koborsthan'' (Cemetery), Dhaka.<ref name=newnation>{{cite news
|title = Home they brought warrior dead: Bir Shreshtha Hamidur to be buried at Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard today
|work = The New Nation
|date = 11 December 2007
|url = http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/12/11/news0254.htm
|access-date = 28 February 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212070100/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/12/11/news0254.htm
|archive-date=12 December 2007 }}</ref>

Rahman was posthumously awarded the [[Bir Sreshtho]], Bangladesh's highest award for valor, for his actions.

==Legacy==
Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman Stadium in Jhenaidah district is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ershad denies calling any party hated|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/index.php?ref=MjBfMDlfMjlfMTNfMV8zXzE4NTE1MA==|work=The Financial Express|location=Dhaka|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> A ferry was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ferry services go haywire|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=201960|work=The Daily Star|date = 11 September 2011|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> A library and museum was built in his memory and the village he was born in, Khordo Khalishpur has been renamed Hamid Nagar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Birshrestha Hamidur museum opens|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=26924|work=The Daily Star|date = 10 March 2008|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> Hamidur Rahman Degree College was named in his honour.<ref name="auto"/> [[Adamjee Cantonment College]], a prestigious institution of Bangladesh has one of their houses named after Hamidur Rahman.

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