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List of liberation war and freedom fighters in Gopalpur upazila

Gopalpur Upazila (Tangail) in Liberation War

Gopalpur Upazila (Tangail) In the 1970 general elections, Awami League won absolute majority, but the then military government started conspiracies instead of handing over power. This caused a storm of protest in Gopalpur upazila like the whole of Bangladesh. The students formed the All-Party Struggle Council and started agitating. Public meetings, processions etc. continued under the leadership of Sangram Parishad in all educational institutions and important areas.

Bangabandhu's speech delivered on March 7, 1971 inspired the people of the area in the spirit of freedom and started the non-cooperation movement. On March 21, KM Abdus Salam of Baishkail village convened the All-Party Struggle Parishad and under his leadership, the students and youth started training for liberation war in the Gopalpur police station field with the useless rifles of the police. Nurul Islam (Madhupur, Commander of Asna), Sahab Uddin (Baishkail) and Chamir Uddin (Chatila) served as trainers. Besides, the students trained with bamboo sticks and dummy rifles in fields like Jhawail, Hemnagar, Nalin, Vengula, Shimla, Ramnagar, Mirzapur, Hadira, Sajanpur etc. Local Ansar members and members of the armed forces who come on leave or abscond and retire voluntarily serve as instructors at these locations.

Khandkar Asaduzzaman (Naruchi; Advisor of Tangail District Swadhin Bangla Ganamukti Parishad, Finance Secretary of Mujibnagar Government), Hatim Ali Talukdar MNA (Awami League Leader and Organizer of Freedom Fighter Recruiting Center of Sector No. 11), Rafia Akhtar Dolly MNA (Naruchi) served as the organizer of the liberation war in Gopalpur Upazila. , Al Mujahedi (Naruchi; member of Tangail District Independent Bangla Gana Mukti Parishad), Dr. Noorun Nabi (Khampara; known as the brain of the Kaderia Army), SM Habibur Rahman (Beradakuri; played a strong role in the liberation war from India), Golam Mawla (Hemnagar; Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a friend of Justice Abu Saeed Chowdhury, played a strong role in the liberation war from London), Shahidul Islam Lalu, Birpratik (Suti), Noor Hossain Talukdar Angur (Company Commander), Kazi Ashraf Hossain Humayon Bangal (Kariata; Company Commander), K M Abdus Salam (Baishkail, Company Commander), Zahurul Haque Deputy (Chayanipara; Company Commander), Nurul Islam (Konabari; Company Commander), Ashraful Haque Shobha (Gopalpur Sadar; Commander), Matiar Rahman Khan (Shakaria; Company Commander), Asaduzzaman Arju (Company Commander), Tara Mia (Konabari; Company Commander), etc.

    Pak army entered Gopalpur upazila on May 2 and set up a camp at the police station. From this camp they raided different areas of Gopalpur at different times. Azgar Ali Mia (Tobacco Potty), Dr. for their assistance. A peace committee was formed under the leadership of Nabi (Konabari), Abdul Hai (Gopalpur Sadar), Mujibur Rahman (Gopalpur Sadar), Abdus Salam Razi (Bagar Chala), Mohammad Ali Talukdar (Mamudpur), Nehru Khan (Belua), etc. They were members of Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim League, Nizam-e-Islami. Union and village level peace committees are also formed under their supervision. The members of the peace committee formed Razakar, Albadar and Alsams forces by capturing some of the local students and youths and with their help Pak forces took over the important areas of the upazila.

Maulana Abubakar Jamali (Makulla), Shafiuddin Munsi alias Shafar Munsi (Chatutia), Hossain Khalifa (Nandanpur), Tofazzal Hossain (Basubari), Gulu Mia (Porabari), Chan Mia (Baguata), Khalek Member (Hajrabari) are among the leading people who opposed the liberation war in the upazila. ), Absar Khalifa (Konabari), Abdul Hakim Khalifa (Basubari), Babar Ali Member (Jamtail), Abdul Majed Member (Atarbari), Abdul Quader (Hatbairan), Alamgir Hossain (Gopalpur Sadar), Kazi Abdul Awal Tarafdar (Suti Palpara). , Mofez Ali Member (Atarbari), Abdul Malek (Avhangi), Sahbaz Ali Sikh (Barshila), Chaman Ali Sarkar (Uriyabari), Zaker Hossain (Vongula), Nannu Mia (Naruchi), Abdus Chamad (Shimlapara), Sekandar Ali (Bakhuriabari) ), Habibur Rahman (Paishka), Dr. Azahar Ali (Barshila), Professor Abdul Khalek (Avhangi), Riaz Uddin Chairman (Sundar), Hossain Ali Member (Nandanpur), Absar Ali Member (Porabari), Sekandar Ali (Bakhuriabari), Hossain Ali Member (Bakharabari), Messer Ali Member (Hazarabari), Manik Mridha (Gopalpur Sadar), Khosru (Polisha), Abul Sardar (Polisha) and others are notable.

   Pak forces entered Gopalpur upazila and killed many people at Beparipara bridge over Bairam river. The deceased are philanthropists Mohini Mohan Pal, Kanai Lal Dey, Osman Ali (Chandrabari), Abdul Quddus (Bhutia), Muslim Uddin Master (Jhawail), Kazim Uddin Master (Alamnagar) and others. In addition, many people were killed by brush fire in front of the police station in a boat drowned in the river Bairam. Awami League leader Hatem Ali Talukdar's brother and 19 members of his family were martyred by the invading forces.

The invading forces and their local henchmen burnt and looted many houses of Hindus and Awami League leaders in Gopalpur. On October 10, the brave freedom fighters burnt and looted the house of Mia's parents. They also burnt the house of Nurul Islam Commander of Konabari. Besides, they commit various criminal activities including women torture, extortion, land and house grabbing.

   Gopalpur Thana Camp was a torture center and detention camp of Pak Army. They used to bring people from different areas and keep them imprisoned here and torture them.

  Pak invaders and Rajakars Gopalpur Sub

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