M. Hamidullah Khan

Muhammad Hamidullah Khan
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service/branch	Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service	1960-1979
Rank	Wing Commander
Unit	Ground Defence Command
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Bangladesh Liberation War, Chilmari Landing Expedition
Awards	Bir Protik 1971, Sitara-i-Harb and Tamgha-i-Jang[citation needed] 1965

Muhammad Hamidullah Khan (Bengali: মহাম্মদ হামিদুল্লাহ খান) (b. September 11, 1938^{[citation needed]} -) was the Sector Commander of Sector 11 of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War with Pakistan in 1971, also infamously called war of liberation. An Air Force officer by career, he successfully led 22,800 troops under his command of Sector 11 (Nov. 2nd 1971 to Feb. 14 1972).^{[citation needed]} He was one of the principal participants during the creation of the Bangladesh Forces in the historic Banagladesh Sector Commanders Conference 1971.^{[citation needed]} He commanded Sector 11 with distinction and valor under the leadership of General M.A.G. Osmani and was awarded with high military honors for galantry.^{[neutrality disputed]} Popularly known as Hamidullah, he served in the Bangladesh Air Force until his early retirement from service in 1979.

After retirement from military service he continued on with public service in the legislative branch of Bangladesh government. He was elected Member of Parliament from Dhaka-5 (Bikrampur) now Munshigonj-2 of Bangladesh in the 2nd (1979), 5th (1991) and 6th (1996) Parliament. He served in different positions in Bangladesh Government through out his active life. Hamidullah served as chairman of Bangladesh Post Graduate Medical Research Centre(1979-1982), Bangladesh Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust(1993-1996), Janata Bank (1995-1996).^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career service 3 Career Service Highlights 4 References

Early life

M. Hamidullah Khan was born in Medini Mondal village, Lohajong ward, in the town of Bikrampur in southern Dhaka Division, then Bengal Province of British India^{[citation needed]}. His father, Muhammad Dabiruddin Khan, was a Forest Ranger in the British Imperial Forest Service. Hamidullah's childhood was divided between living in the rural town of Bikrampur, Dhaka, and the city proper. After primary school at Silver Jubilee Anglo Bengali Government School, Guwahati, Assam, and secondary school at Kazir Pagla A.T Institute, he moved out with his parents and settled in Mughaltully ward of Dhaka(presently Old Dhaka) in 1952. With the departure of the British and official creation of Pakistan and India in 1947, Hamidullah Khan's father opted for service with government of India instead of Pakistan. Though the family remained in Dhaka (East Pakistan), Dabiruddin Khan later joined them after retirement in 1957.^{[citation needed]}

Hamidullah spent his adolescent years in Dhaka and enrolled in the Jagannath College there in 1954. After completion of senior secondary school in 1957, he pursued his academics at the same college for the Bachelor of Arts in Commerce (General), graduating in 1959. In the year 1960, he accepted an appointment as a candidate in the Pakistan Air Force Academy, and reported to Risalpur as a Flight Cadet. He was Commissioned a Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force in June 1962.^{[citation needed]}

Career service

In late autumn of 1970, Flight Lieutenant Hamidullah was transferred to Pakistan Eastern Zone as Air Force Assistant Provost Marshall with command of No.5 P and S Unit(Independent) and as Assistant Director of Security of Tejgaon International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was later promoted to Squadron Leader.^{[citation needed]}

Directorates served in were Bangladesh Air Force, Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment; Intelligence and Security; Air Education and Training. Also held the position of Chief of Air Force Security (Provost Marshall) and Director Air Intelligence.^{[citation needed]}

Career Service Highlights

• India-Pakistan Conflict 1965^{[citation needed]}
• Bangladesh Liberation War 1971

-Chakulia Guerilla Training Camp - Chief Training Coordinator^{[citation needed]}

-Participant at the Sector Commanders Conference^{[citation needed]}

-Sector 11 - Mankarchar Sub-Sector Commander^{[citation needed]}

-Sector 11 - Commander^{[citation needed]}

• 1975 Soldier Uprising Crisis^{[citation needed]}
• JAL Flight 472^{[citation needed]}

References

• Ministry of Defense Gazette Notification No.8/25/D-1/72-1378, Dated 15 December 1973.
• Prothom Alo (A National Daily): The Failure of Bangladesh, 8 May 2005,

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