eastern bengal was the name of bangladesh before independence.
what was the name of bangladesh before independence?
eastern bengal
the modern history of bangladesh military began its inception on the night of 25 march 1971 when the pakistan military launched a brutal attack named operation searchlight. on 26 march 1971, major ziaur rahman, 2nd-in-command of the 8th east bengal rgmt. and other bengali officers organized a revolt and countered the pakistan army units in jessore, chittagong, comilla and other areas in east pakistan. during the early morning hours of 26 march sheikh mujibur rahman declared the independence of bangladesh as the interim head of the provincial bangladesh government. on 27 march major ziaur rahman broadcast the second declaration of independence on behalf of sheikh mujibur rahman from the captured kalurghat radio station in chittagong. hence, the independence day of bangladesh is 26 march. on 4 april 1971 under the command and leadership of the commander-in-chief colonel m. a. g. osmani, the bangladesh forces began organization and creation with the title of mukti bahini. during the first bangladesh sector commanders conference (held during 11–17 july 1971) mukti bahini were organized and formed for the ongoing bangladesh liberation war from pakistan. it was significant in the sense that during this historic conference the mukti bahini field command structure, sector reorganization, reinforcement, appointment of field commanders and tactics of warfare were decided upon and carried out. this conference was presided over jointly by the then prime minister of bangladesh, tajuddin ahmed, and colonel muhammad ataul gani osmani commander in chief of all bangladesh forces. during this conference m.a.g. osmani was reinstated from retirement to active duty into the armed forces of bangladesh as its senior most official, with the rank of colonel reactivated. principal participants of this conference were principal military representative of bangladesh government-in-exile at chakulia guerilla training camp (bihar) squadron leader m. hamidullah khan, mukti bahini commander sector 1 major ziaur rahman, mukti bahini commander sector 2 major khaled mosharraf, mukti bahini commander sector 3 major k m shafiullah, mukti bahini commander sector 4 major c r datta, major m. a. jalil, captain rafiqul islam, lt. col. abdur rab, wing commander khademul bashar, major najmul haque, major mir shawkat ali. lt. col. abdur rab was appointed as chief of staff, bangladesh army. colonel osmani unwillingly appointed group captain a. k. khandker as deputy chief of staff in place of group captain muhammad ghulam tawab, whom osmani wanted to appoint as his deputy commander-in-chief. bangladesh was divided into eleven sectors under sector commanders. for better management of military operations each sector was divided into a combination of sub-sectors, commanded by a sub-sector commander. the 10th sector was kept under the direct command of the commander in chief and included the naval commandos as c-in-c's special operations force. these commandos were later absorbed into the bangladesh navy.
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