M. A. G. Osmani
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Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ আতাউল গণি ওসমানী; 1 September 1918 – 16 February 1984), was a Bengali military leader. Osmani's career spanned five decades, beginning with service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II. After the partition of India in 1947, he joined the Pakistan Army and served in the East Bengal Regiment, retiring as a colonel in 1967. Osmani joined the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971 as the commander-in-chief of the nascent Bangladesh Forces. Regarded as the founder of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, Osmani retired as a four-star general from the Bangladesh Army in 1972.[1]
Bangabir Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani | |
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Native name | মুহাম্মদ আতাউল গণি ওসমানী |
Nickname(s) | Bangabir (বঙ্গবীর), Papa Tiger |
Born | (1918-09-01)1 September 1918 Sunamganj, Assam, British India |
Died | 16 February 1984(1984-02-16) (aged 65) London, United Kingdom |
Buried | Shah Jalal Dargah Cemetery Sylhet, Bangladesh |
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Years of service | 1939-1972 |
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Unit | Indian Army Service Corps Punjab Regiment East Bengal Regiment |
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Osmani entered politics in independent Bangladesh, serving as a member of parliament and cabinet minister in the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Along with Mainul Hosein, he resigned from parliament in opposition to the creation of the one party state of BAKSAL. He advised the government on restoring the chain of command in the military after the 15 August coup. He contested the 1978 Bangladeshi presidential election against Ziaur Rahman. Osmani died in London in 1984 and was buried in his hometown Sylhet.