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established the regiment in 1948 to give a unique identity to Bangalee soldiers.

Gani directly protested the then Pakistan president Ayub Khan’s speech against the Bangla language in 1948.

Pakistani rulers deprived him of everything, including promotion. Angered, he quit his service in 1953 and joined politics and eventually got elected as member of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly as an independent candidate.

Bangladesh Army will pay tributes at his mausoleum, while RAOWA, and all units of Bangladesh Army will organise a doa mahfil today.