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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Abdul Qadir<br />
| birth_date = 2 January 1929<br />
| death_date = {{circa}} April 1971 (aged 42)<br />
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| allegiance = [[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|23px]] [[Pakistan]] (1947-1971)<br/>[[File:Flag of Bangladesh (1971).svg|23px]] [[Bangladesh]] (1971)<br />
| branch = [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|23px]] [[Pakistan Army]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1949–1971<br />
| rank = [[File:OF-4 Pakistan Army.svg|17px]] [[Lieutenant colonel]]<br />
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Lieutenant Colonel '''Abdul Qadir''' (2 January 1929 – {{circa}} April 1971) was an officer of the [[Pakistan Army]] serving in Chittagong, during the tumultuous chaos that preceded the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He was involved in the Bengali independence movement and was arrested by the Pakistan Army in April 1971. He was presumed to have been murdered and in 2008, his body was found in a mass grave.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom fighters seek steps to preserve mass grave |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-20040 |work=The Daily Star |date=20 January 2008 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nadeem Qadir honoured |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-230596 |work=The Daily Star |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Abdul Qadir was born on 2 January 1929 in [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], in what was then [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]). He was a son of Abul Hossain Miah, a businessman. He joined the Corps of Engineers of the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1949. He graduated from Army School of Engineering in 1962 and three years later completed an engineer officers' career course in [[Virginia]], United States. He finished graduate studies at the Physics Department of [[Dhaka University]]. In 1966 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was made the chief of [[Petrobangla|Oil and Gas Development Corporation of East Pakistan]] in 1970.<ref name="qwaz">{{cite news |title=War hero laid to rest, finally |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-203672 |work=The Daily Star |date=23 September 2011 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Qadir was sympathetic to the Bengali independence movement and after the start of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], he assisted revolters by supplying them with explosives and assisted groups in organizing the movement.<ref name="qwaz"/> He was arrested on 17 April 1971 by the Pakistan Army from his residence in [[Chittagong]]. He then disappeared in custody. His body was found in a mass grave in Chittagong in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palma |first1=Porimol |title=Freedom fighter Lt Col Qadir's grave traced after 36 years |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-19919 |work=The Daily Star |date=19 January 2008 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> The site of the mass grave was located by Nadeem Qadir, his son. Qair's body was exhumed from the mass grave and buried in [[Qadirabad Cantonment]] in [[Natore]], [[Rajshahi Division|Rajshahi]], Bangladesh,<ref name="qwaz"/> with full military honours.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Proper Farewell |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/09/04/tribute.htm |work=Star Weekend Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> The cantonment was later named after him.<ref name="qwaz"/> A stamp was issued with his image by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death anniversary |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-anniversary-74048 |work=The Daily Star |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He was married to Hasna Hena Qadir. She was one of the founders of [[Movement demanding trial of war criminals (Bangladesh)|Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee]], an organisation that has been demanding trial of war criminals from the Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death anniversary |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/death-anniversary-1313416 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> His son, Nadeem Qadir, is the press minister of the Bangladesh High Commission in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Qadir |first=Nadeem |date=11 September 2014 |title=A foolish imagination? |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/09/11/a-foolish-imagination-2 |work=Dhaka Tribune |type=Op-ed |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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