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| honorific_prefix = Brigadier<br />
| name = Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|25 December 1922}}<br />
| birth_place = Chandinagar, Katigora, [[Cachar district]], [[Assam Province]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|19|1922|12|25|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
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| occupation = Politician<br />
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| office = Member of Jatiya Sangsad ([[Sylhet-5]])<br />
| term_start = 1986<br />
| term_end = 1991<br />
| successor = [[Obaidul Haque]]<br />
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<br />
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| relations = [[Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder]] (nephew)<br />
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'''Mahmudur Rahman Mazumdar''' (December 25, 1922<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-01-09/news/215009|script-title=bn:তাঁর অবদান ভোলার নয় - প্রথম আলো|date=2012-01-11|work=Prothom Alo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111042213/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-01-09/news/215009|language=bn |access-date=2019-11-11|archive-date=2012-01-11}}</ref>-19 December 2011) was a Bangladesh Army brigadier who was the most senior [[ethnic Bengali]] officer in [[Pakistan Army]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bengali brigadier in Pakistan's army|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-219197|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 April 2017|language=en|date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="ds">{{cite news|title=Debt of blood that we owe to Capt Bashar|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/home/printnews/123411|work=Daily Sun|access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Majumdar was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family on 25 December 1922 in the village of Chandinagar in Katigora Thana, [[Cachar district]], [[Assam Province]], [[British Raj]]. His ancestral home was in the village of Bolramer Chok in Kaskanakpur Union, [[Zakiganj Upazila]], [[Sylhet District]], [[Bangladesh]]. His father was Wajid Ali Majumdar. <br />
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After completing his primary and secondary education locally, Majumdar studied at the [[Murari Chand College]] in [[Sylhet]] where he graduated as a [[Bachelor of Arts]].<ref name="autogenerated2">ব্রিগেডিয়ার মজুমদার - মো. মাহমুদুর রহমান। দৈনিক সিলেটের ডাক; ১৯ ডিসেম্বর ২০১২ তারিখে প্রকাশিত</ref> <br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1950, he joined the [[Pakistan Army]] as a captain. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], he commanded the [[Sialkot]] Sector. He earned the status of Brigadier in 1969 making him the first Bengali in the Pakistan Army to earn that title.<br />
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Mazumdar defected from the [[Pakistan Army]] at the start of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], becoming the commanding officer of East Pakistan Regiment Centre<ref name="ds" /> He was arrested and charged with treason by the Pakistan Army during the war.<ref name="fcs">{{cite news|title=Ex-JP MP Majumder no more|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/12/19/ex-jp-mp-majumder-no-more|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> He was tortured in custody.<ref>{{cite web|title=I was put in a gunny bag and kept in the scorching sun|url=https://gold.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/26_march/shahriar_kabir/Tormenting71_2.pdf|website=gold.mukto-mona.com|access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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Mazumdar after retiring from Bangladesh Army joined the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]. He was elected to Parliament from Sylhet twice.<ref name="fcs" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Mazumdar died on 19 December 2011.<ref name="fcs" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Zakiganj Upazila]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cachar district]]<br />
[[Category:Jatiya Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Army brigadiers]]<br />
[[Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:4th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]<br />
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