Muhammad Hamidullah Khan

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Muhammad Hamidullah Khan (September 11, 1938 -) successfully led 22,800 troops under his command while the Sector Commander of Sector No.11 (Nov 2nd to Jan 10th 1972) during the glorious Liberation War of Banglaedsh in 1971. Popularly known as Hamidullah, he served as an officer in the Bangladesh Air Force until his early retirement from service in 1979. He was elected Member of Parliament from Bikrampur(now Munshigonj) in Bangladesh in the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Parliament. He served in different positions in Bangladesh Government through out his active life. He has authored three books on the War of Liberation and Bangladesh Air Force so far on the factual accounts from a huge cache of references and his own experiences. He has stayed away from political life and is involved in collecting and publishing unknown facts about the war.