Chapainawabganj Correspondent

Tomorrow is the 53rd martyrdom anniversary of the great Liberation War's hero, Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir.

The people of Chapainawabganj remember this day every year with mixed feelings of solemnity, joy, and sorrow because Birshreshtha Jahangir sacrificed his life to free the then Nawabganj subdivision from the clutches of the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators after fierce fighting on this day in 1971.

Different programmes, including hoisting the national flag, placing wreaths at the grave of Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir on the Sonamasjid premises and at his monument located at Rehaichar near Mohananda Bridge, and a doa mahfil, will be held to mark the day.

Born on 8 March 1949 at Rahimganj village under Babuganj upazila in Barishal district, he joined the armed forces as a cadet at the Pakistan Military Academy on October 5, 1967.

After successful completion of his training, Jahangir joined as a commissioned officer at the Engineering Core.

Later, he got posted to the 173rd Engineer Battalion in Multan. After working with the battalion for six months, he was shifted to the Military College of Engineering in Risalpur.

Following finishing the 13-month-long training, he took the bomb disposal training.

In 1971, Mohiuddin Jahangir was working at the construction site at Karakoram. On 10 June, he took a few days leave and went back to Risalpur. One day later, he started his journey towards the Sialkot border to reach India. He managed to cross the border safely and joined the Mukti Bahini. On 3 July, he became a captain of Sector 7 with the responsibility to fight in Chapainawabganj.

He set his camp at a place called Baroghoria at the west of Chapainawabganj town on December 10, 1971.

On December 14, Mohiuddin Jahangir, along with his co-fighters, crossed the Mohananda River near Akandabaria and camped at Rehaichar near Chapainawabganj town before dawn.

He intended to destroy one of the light machine gun bunkers of the Pakistan army and crawled towards it.

He managed to come closer to the bunker and charge a grenade to it.
But he was fired from another bunker, and as a result, he was immediately shot dead.

Later, a group of freedom fighters recovered his body from Rehaichar, now the southern part of Birshreshtha Shahid Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Bridge the next morning, and buried him on the Choto Sona Mosque premises under Shibganj thana.

A bridge over the Mohananda River and a number of institutions were named after him in Chapainawabganj in recognition of his bravery.