Khaled Mosharraf - Bangladesh Forces Commander

Bangladesh Forces Commander

Major Khaled Mosharraf was appointed commanding officer of the 4th Bengal regiment in the Comilla Cantonment on 24 March 1971. Mosharraf led this unit in mutiny following the declaration of independence by Major Ziaur Rahman. He merged his unit into a guerrilla force, and later served as one of its leading commanders. After conducting some successful attacks, Mosharraf and his unit were forced to retreat into the Indian state of Tripura. In an encounter with Pakistani forces, he was wounded by a bullet shot on his head and soon recovered after treatment. Following the Bangladesh liberation war and the establishment of an independent Bangladesh, Mosharraf was appointed as the Staff Officer to the HQ of the new Bangladesh Army in Dhaka. In 1973 after attaining the rank of Brigadier General, he was appointed to the post of Chief of General Staff. He was also awarded with the military honour Bir Uttom by the government for gallantry by the independent governemnt of Bangladesh in 1972.