Mohiuddin Jahangir

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Mohiuddin Jahangir
Mohiuddin Jahangir

Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bangla: মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর) was a Captain in the Bangladesh Army during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born in 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district. He was an officer in Sector 7 of the Muktibahini. He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defence on the bank of the Mahananda River. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area and led to the fall of the position to the Pakistan Army. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment- "Jahangir Gate" is named in his honour.

He was awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army, Bir Sreshtho.

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