body of Rahman. Rahman's efforts helped the East Bengal Regiment take the outpost. He was buried in Tripura in India. Reburial On 27 October 2007, advisers of the Bangladeshi caretaker government decided to bring back his remains to Bangladesh and bury him besides Bir Shrestho Matiur Rahman. It is said that the last place he stood alive was about 20 feet away from the Pakistani bunker, either in a canal or where the memorial is (near the bunker). 10 December 2007 the remains of Rahman were brought back to Bangladesh and on 11 December 2007 he was buried again at Buddhijibi Koborsthan (Cemetery), Dhaka. Rahman was posthumously awarded the Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh's highest award for valor, for his actions. Legacy Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman Stadium in Jhenaidah district is named after him. A ferry was named after him. A library and museum was built in his memory and the village he was born in, Khordo Khalishpur has been renamed Hamid Nagar. Hamidur Rahman Degree College was named in his honour. Adamjee Cantonment College, a prestigious institution of Bangladesh has one of their houses named after Hamidur Rahman. References 1953 births 1971 deaths Bangladeshi military personnel People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War Recipients of the Bir Sreshtho Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard People from Jhenaidah District Mukti Bahini personnel Srimangal Upazila