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An Architect of War

by Shahed Latif Captain Moiuddin Jahangir (Bir Shestra)
CAPTAIN Moiuddin Jahangir was born in Rahimganj village under Babugonj thana in Barisal. His father s name was Abdur Rahim Howladar who was a rich and a powerful man. The name of their village was named after the name of his father. Abdur Rahim Howladar was the beloved child of his mother. As far as his education was concerned, he did not cany on further. But his son Moiuddin Jahangir was a meritorious .student and completed ISC.
Jahangir passed his ISC in 1966. The next year he joined the Pakistani army as a cadet. In June 1968, he received commission in the engineering core. He was in the 173 engineering battalion in West Pakistan. After the war broke out. Captain Moiuddin Jahangir could not rest in peace. One thing was only in nis mind and that was how he could escape from the west Pakistan and Join the war. Soon Moiuddin Jahangir contacted Captain Salauddin Blr Uttam (Shaheed), Major (retd) Shahriar and Lt. Con. (retd) Anam. and with them he escaped.
After they managed to escape they reached the BSF battalion headquarters, and from there they went to Delhi and then Calcutta. Millions of people and the Muk tlbahini were thrilled when they heard that four officers of east Pakistan managed to escape from the west to join the war. General Osmani.
who was the commander in chief, came to Calcutta from the battle ground to receive the four officers.
From here the four spl-diers were deployed in four different places and Moiuddin Jahangir was posted in the 7th Sector in Mehdipur. Captain Jahangir was the main man of his sub-sector. Under him were other officers and his main duty was to maintain law and order. He was a very strong charactered person and was willing to sacrifice anything for freedom. even his life.
Captain Jahangir's life was completely changed when he heard the cruelty done to the woman of east Pakistan and that is one good reason why he joined the war The action group was under his control, their Job was to blow up bridges, railways, and capture the thanas. Jahangir was the architects of all these action group and he even took part In the operation.
To capture Chapainawab gani. the sector commander made three groups The first of the three was given to (now brigadier) Yias. His job was to block the highway of ChapalnawabganJ — Rajshahl and cut off Cnapainawabganl from Rajshahl The second group was under (now coro-nel) Rashid and his job was to
make sure the cut off took place. The third group was under Jahangir and it was to carry out the most dangerous part and that was to capture ChapalnawabganJ.
Captain Jahangir entered Bangladesh on the tenth of December with 50 Mukhtibahinis and took position in Bargoria in the west of ChapalnawabganJ. It was preplanned that the Indian's would bomb the enemy position on the 11th and captain Jahangir would instantly attack the enemy. However, no bombs were shelled on the dated day. and for the next two days, he tried to contact the Indian army over the wireless but failed
So on the 14th of Decern ber he with only 50 Muk tibahini's came out of the bunker, crossed the river with boats and then attacked the Pakistani troops Wh»n more soldiers Joined from the East Pakistan civil armed force, captain Jahangir became even more ferocious and marched ahead And suddenly one of the enemy bullets hit Jahangir s forehead He died instantly After his death the Muktibahini s became even more aggres sive Some soldiers crossed the river to give the news to others And with more new Muktlshenas the enemy post tion was attacked again, and
after a heavy, fighting Cha-painawabganj was freed.
Captain Moiuddin's dead body was carried away by the Muktibahini and buried under his favourite place near the Sona Mosque.