M. A. G. Osmani Military person
General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ আতাউল গনি ওসমানী; 1 September 1918– 16 February 1984), also known as Bongobir (the Hero of Bengal), was the founding leader of the Bangladeshi military. He was the Commander-in-Chief of all Bangladeshi forces during the Liberation War in 1971. He was the Minister of Defence in the Provisional Government of Bangladesh. After the war, he became a general of the Bangladesh Army.Osmani had a career spanning three decades, beginning with service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in Burma during World War II and served in the Pakistan Army until 1967. Osmani earned a reputation as a fierce, honest and principled advocate of Bengali aspirations in the West Pakistani-dominated military of Pakistan. Following Bangladeshi independence, Osmani joined politics and was a cabinet minister in the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He resigned from the government after opposing the creation of the one party state of BAKSAL.
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| allegiance | (till 1947) Pakistan (after 1947) Bangladesh (after 1971) |
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| military command | 1st East Bengal Regiment 5/14 Punjab Regiment EPR Commander in Chief Bangladesh Armed Forces April 1971- April 1972 |
| service start | 1939 |
| service end | 1939 |