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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant]]<br />
| name = Abu Mayeen Ashfakus Samad<br />
| native_name = আবু মঈন মোহাম্মদ আশফাকুস সামাদ<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Abu Mayeen Ashfakus Samad.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = [[Portrait]] of Samad<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|01|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[East Pakistan]]<br />
| alma_mater = * [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka]]<br />
* [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|20|1949|01|09}}<br />
| placeofburial = Jaimonirhat<br />
| allegiance = {{BAN}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|Bangladesh}}<br />
| serviceyears = 1971<br />
| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-1a.svg|15px]] [[Second Lieutenant]]<br />
| unit = <br />
| commands = <br />
| battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
| awards = [[file:Bir Uttom ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Bir Uttom]]<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Abu Mayeen Ashfakus Samad''' (9 January 1949–20 November 1971) was an officer of the Bangladesh Army from its first Batch. He was killed in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and was awarded the second highest gallantry award of Bangladesh, [[Bir Uttom|Bir Uttam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Martyrdom anniversary of freedom fighter Samad today|url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/38348|work=[[The Asian Age]]|access-date=20 August 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed|first1=Hafez|title=Martyrdom anniversary|url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2457722&date=2016-11-20|work=The News Today|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Samad was born in [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[East Pakistan]], [[Pakistan]], on 9 January 1949. He graduated from [[Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)|St Joseph School]] and then finished his HSC from [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka|Notre Dame College]]. He was admitted in the [[University of Dhaka]], Department of Statistics.<ref name="njh">{{cite web|last1=Zahir|first1=Qazi Sajjad Ali|title=Samad, Ashfakus|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Samad,_Ashfakus|website=[[Banglapedia]] |access-date=20 August 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
On 25 March 1971, the [[Pakistan Army]] launched [[Operation Searchlight]] and the [[Bangladesh Liberation war]] started, On 29 March 1971, Samad moved to [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]] with a few friends. There they trained under the 2 East Bengal Regiment and 4 East Bengal Regiment. After training they moved back to Dhaka. He received further training in [[Agartala]], [[India]]. He fought under the 2 East Bengal Regiment, Saldanadi Sub-sector. On 9 October 1971, he was commissioned in the first batch of [[Bangladesh Army]]. He was posted in Shahebganj Sub-sector of Sector 6. He fought a number of battles and liberated [[Bhurungamari Upazila|Bhurungamari]].<ref name="njh" /><br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
The [[Mukti Bahini]] launched an attack on [[Raiganj Upazila|Raiganj]] base of Pakistan Army. After Pakistan army launched a counterattack, Samad provided cover fire so the Mukti Bahini soldiers could escape. He was killed in action that day. He was buried in the graveyard near Jaimonirhat Bazar with full military honors. Jaimonirhat was renamed Samad Nagar. He was awarded Bir Uttam by the [[government of Bangladesh]]. A road in [[Dhaka]] has been renamed Bir Uttam Ashfakus Samad Sarak after him.<ref name="njh" /> On 27 March 2015, the [[66th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|Sixty-six Infantry Division]] of Bangladesh Army erected a monument dedicated to Samad in [[Rangpur Cantonment]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sixty-six Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army, Rangpur Cantonment, erected memorial monument of Lt. Ashfakus Samad|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/03/27/80144.php|work=The Daily Observer|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1949 births]]<br />
[[Category:1971 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Bir Uttom]]<br />
[[Category:Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni]]</div>Bot