Ziaur Rahman

Early life

Ziaur Rahman was born on 19 January 1936 at Bagbari in Bogra district in the province of Bengal, and what is now North-West Bangladesh. His father was Mansur Rahman, a chemist in public service in Kolkata. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, his father moved to Karachi.

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19 January - 1936 - Bagbari - Bogra - Bengal - Kolkata - Pakistan - Karachi

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Rahman joined the Pakistani Army in 1953 as a cadet and was commissioned in 1955 to second lieutenant's post. Two years later, in 1957, he was transferred to East Bengal Regiment. Between 1959 and 1964, he worked with the military intelligence. In 1965, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he fought in the Khemkaran sector as the commander of the company that was awarded the maximum number of gallantry awards for war performance. He was then appointed as a professional instructor in the Pakistan Military Academy in 1966. Later, he was sent to the Staff College in Quetta, West Pakistan for attending a command course. In 1969, he joined the 2nd East Bengal Regiment as its second-in-command at Joydevpur, then in East Pakistan.After this, he was sent to West Germany for higher training. After returning in 1970, Ziaur Rahman was promoted to the rank of Major and was transferred to the 8th East Bengal Regiment at Chittagong, as the second in command.

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East Bengal - Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 - Khemkaran - Pakistan Military Academy - Quetta - West Pakistan - Joydevpur - East Pakistan - West Germany - East Bengal Regiment - Chittagong

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