M. A. G. Osmani
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Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani was a Bangladeshi military officer, revolutionary and politician. His military career spanned three decades, beginning with his service in the British Indian Army in 1939.
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Pakistani and Bengali units on 25 March 1971, during Operation Searchlight; some unit locations are not shown.
Sculpture of M.A.G. Osmani at Mujibnagar, Khulna
Operation Searchlight: Pakistan army operation 10 April - 19 June. Not to scale; some troop movements and locations are indicative only.
Kaiser Jeep wagon used by Osmani to visit the front during the war
Pakistani deployment in May 1971, after reorganization of Eastern Command forces following Operation Searchlight (some unit locations not shown)
Partial representation of Pakistani and Mukti Bahini forces in November 1971; some location are approximate.
Osmani with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Abdul Malek Ukil, and Mizanur Rahman ChowdhuryAwards 1
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About this person
Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani was a Bangladeshi military officer, revolutionary and politician. His military career spanned three decades, beginning with his service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II, and after the partition of India in 1947, he joined the Pakistan Army and served in the East Bengal Regiment, retiring as a colonel in 1967. Osmani joined the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971 as the commander-in-chief of the nascent Bangladesh Forces. Regarded as the founder of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, Osmani retired as a four star general from the Bangladesh Army in 1972.
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