Bir Uttom

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Bir Uttom
Awarded by Bangladesh
Type	Medal
Eligibility	2nd Highest Gallantry Award of Bangladesh
Awarded for	Brave warrior of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971
Status	15 December 1973
Description	The second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh
Statistics
Established	1973
First awarded	15 December 1973
Last awarded	15 December 1973
Total awarded	68
Posthumous awards	21
Distinct recipients	68
Precedence
Next (higher)	Bir Shrestho
Next (lower)	Bir Bikram

Bir Uttom (Bangla: বীর উত্তম) (literally, Best among Braves in Bengali) is the second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh after the Bir Sreshtho.

Since independence of Bangladesh in 1971, 68 people have been awarded as Bir Uttom.

1 Recipients
2 See Also

[edit] Recipients

This award was declared on 15 December, 1973. Total 68 people have been awarded for their bravery dedication in the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.
The Follwoing list has been prepared as of the Bangladesh Gazzet of 15 December, 1973.

[edit] Bangladesh Army

Sl. no.	ID no.	Rank (At the time of award)	NAME
01	B.R.R.-1550	Lieutenant Colonel	Md. A. Rob, M.N.A.
02	B.A.-5121	Major	K. M. Shafiullah
03	B.A.-5115	Major	Ziaur Rahman
04	B.A.-3613	Major	Chitta Ranjan Datta
05	B.A.-2215	Major	Kazi Nuruzzaman
06	B.A.-5512	Major	Mir Shawkat Ali
07	B.A.-5553	Major	Khaled Mosharraf
08	B.A.-6030	Major	Mohammad Abdul Monjur
09	B. A.-6472	Major	Abu Taher (Retired)
10	B.A.-6286	Captain	A. N. M. Nuruzzaman
11	B.A.-7210	Captain	Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
12	B.S.S.-7704	Captain	Abdus Salek Choudhury
13	B.A.-7335	Major	Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
14	-	Leader Gonobahini	Khaja Nazimuddin (Shaheed)
15	B.A.-7942	Captain	Harun Ahmed Choudhury
16	B.S.S.-8544	Major	A.T.M. Haider
17	B.S.S.-10012	Captain	M.A. Gaffar Haldar
18	B.A.-10170	Major	Shariful Haque
19	B.A.-11521	Captain	Mohammad Shahjahan
20	B.A.-11562	Captain	Mahbubur Rahman
21	B.A.-6489	Major	Mohammad Ziauddin (Retired)
22	B.A.-10561	Captain	Aftab Kader
23	B.A.-11038	Captain	Mahbubur Rahman (Shaheed)
24	-	Captain (2-E.Bengal)	Salah Uddin Momtaz (Posthumously)
25	B.A.-10244	Captain (2-E.Bengal)	Mohammad Azizur Rahman
26	N.Y.A.	Lieutenant (8-E. Bengla)	S. M. Imadul Haque (Shaheed)
27	N.Y.A.	2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal)	Muhammad Anwar Hossain (Shaheed)
28	S.S.-33	2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal)	Abu Moyeen Mohammad Samad (Shaheed)
29	B.J.O.-26507	Subedar	Aftab Ali
30	B.J.O.-3932129	Subedar	Fayez Ahmed
31	B.J.O.-3933821	Nayak Subedar	Belayet Ahmed (Shaheed)
32	B.J.O.-3933525	Nayak Subedar	Moinul Hossain (Shaheed)
33	N.Y.A.	Nayak Subedar (3-East Bengal)	Habibur Rahman
34	3931908	Habildar	Md. Shah Alam (Shaheed)
35	3940899	Habildar	Nurul Amin
36	1240160	Habildar	Nasir Uddin (Shaheed)
37	3937853	Nayak	Abdul Mannan (Shaheed)
38	3937853	Lance Nayak	Abdul Latif (Shaheed)
39	14561	Lance Nayak	Abdus Sattar
40	6804756	Sepoy	Nurul Haque (Shaheed)
41	-	Sepoy (8-E. Bengal	Mohammad Shamsuzzaman (Shaheed)
42	-	Sepoy (9-E. Bengal	Shafil Min (Shaheed)
43	B.J.O.-893	Subedar	Fazlu Rahman (Shaheed)
44	B.J.O.-8772	Nayek Subedar	Mujibur Rahman (Shaheed)
45	6613	Nayak	Shafiuddin Choudhury (Shaheed)
46	17663	Sepoy	Abu Taleb (Shaheed)
47	0259	Sepoy	Mohammad Salahuddin Ahmed
48	13075	Sepoy	Anwar Hossain (Shaheed)
49	6040	Sepoy	Ershad Ali (Shaheed)

[edit] Bangladesh Navy

Sl. no.	ID no.	Rank (At the time of award)	NAME
50	0148	[[Naval Commando]	Mozahar Ullah
51	66059	L/S	Mohammad Zalal Uddin
52	66252	E-R-A	Mohammad Afzal Miah
53	640512	M-E-I	Mohammad Badiul Alam
54	620316	A-B	Mohammad Shafiul Mawla
55	67981	Sub/Lt.	Abdul Wahid Choudhury
56	0230	Sub/Lt.	Matiur Rahman
57	0072	Naval Commando	Mohammad Shah Alam

[edit] Bangladesh Air Force

Sl. no.	ID no.	Rank (At the time of award)	NAME
58	B.D- 1300	Group Captain	A. K. Khondokar
59	B.D. -3733	Wing Commander	M. K. Basar
60	4295	Sq. Leader	Sultan Mahmud
61	4921	Flight Lieutenant	Samsul Alam
62	4974	Flight Lieutenant	Badrul Alam
63	5121	Flight Officer	Liakat Ali Khan