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{{Other uses|Badrul Alam (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Bir Uttom]] 
[[Squadron Leader]] (rtd)
| name = Badrul Alam
| native_name = বদরুল আলম
| native_name_lang = bn
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| birth_place = [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|Pakistan}}[[Pakistan]] 
{{flagicon|Bangladesh}}[[Bangladesh]]
| branch = {{air force|Pakistan}} [[File:Flag of the Mukti Bahini-DeFacto.svg|25px]]
[[Mukti Bahini]] {{air force|Bangladesh}}
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| rank = Squadron Leader
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| battles = Godanail Airstrike, [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
| awards = [[File:Bir Uttom ribbon.svg|29px|link=]] [[Bir Uttom]] (1971) 
[[File:Swadhinata_Padak_(Medal).jpg|29px|link=]][[Independence Day Award]] (2016)
| spouse = Nadera Alam
| laterwork = [[Bangladesh Biman]]
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'''Badrul Alam''' is former Squadron Leader of [[Bangladesh Air Force]] and heroic freedom fighter of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh War of Independence]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2011-07-10|title=তোমাদের এ ঋণ শোধ হবে না|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-07-10/news/169186|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-07-10/news/169186|archive-date=2011-07-11|access-date=2020-07-16|website=[[Prothom Alo]]}}</ref> For his bravery in the war of independence, the government of Bangladesh awarded him Bir Uttam award,the second highest award for individual gallantry in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Bangladesh Government Gazettes|date=15 December 1973|publisher=Ministry of Defense, Government of Bangladesh|location=Dhaka|page=Gazettes No-8/25/D-1/72-1378}}</ref> In 2016, he received the [[Independence Day Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-03-08|title=14 individuals, Navy picked for Independence Award 2016|language=en|work=The Daily Star|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/14-individuals-navy-get-independence-award-2016-787987|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Though Badrul Alam's ancestral home in Char Barai in [[Singair Upazila|Singair upazila]] of [[Manikganj]], he grew up in Dhaka.<ref name=":2" /> He is the son of Khandaker Mohammad Badruddoza and his mother Hosne Ara Begum. His is married to Nadera Alam. They are having one son and one daughter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=একাত্তরের বীরযোদ্ধাদের অবিস্মরণীয় জীবনগাঁথা (খেতাবপ্রাপ্ত মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সম্মাননা স্মারকগ্রন্থ)|publisher=[[Janata Bank Limited]]|date=June 2012|isbn=978-984-33-5144-9|pages=101}}</ref>

== Career ==
Badrul Alam started his career as a [[Flying officer]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]]. Until mid-February 1971, he was posted at [[Sargodha Airbase]] in Pakistan. At this time he was posted to Dhaka. When the war of liberation started, he fled from Dhaka to India in the first half of May. At first he worked as a staff officer at the [[Mukti Bahini]] headquarters. He later joined the Bangladesh Air Force when it was formed. He was instrumental in recruiting and training the pilots and airmen needed for the Air Force.He Started direct operation from November, 1971. Apart from Godnail, he conducted air operations in several other places including [[Akhaura Upazila|Akhaura]], [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]] and [[Raipura Upazila|Raipura]] in [[Narsingdi]]. Most of these air strikes were carried out under his command. Badrul Alam served in the Bangladesh Air Force until 1975. After retirement form BAF, he worked in [[Biman Bangladesh Airlines|Bangladesh Biman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Contribution to the liberation war of Bangladesh ==
On December 3, 1971, Badrul Alam flew an [[Aérospatiale Alouette III|alouette helicopter]] armed with 14 rockets and machine gun from [[Dimapur Airport|Dimapur]], a hilly area in the Indian state of [[Nagaland]] to strike and destroy fuel depot of Pakistan Army situated near Godnail, [[Narayanganj]]. Badrul Alam was one of three co-pilots along with [[Sultan Mahmud (officer)|Sultan Mahmud]] and Sahabuddin Ahmed. They were accompanied by two operators.Godnail depot supplied fuel for Pakistani ground, naval and air vehicles. In preparation for an all-out war with India, the Pakistanis stockpiled huge quantities of fuel oil. The guerrillas of the [[Mukti Bahini]] tried hard but failed to damage the depot due to heavy security. He and his team was successful to destroy that oil depot.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=একাত্তরের বীরযোদ্ধা, খেতাব পাওয়া মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের বীরত্বগাথা (প্রথম খন্ড)|publisher=[[Prothoma Prokashon]]|date=April 2012|isbn=978-984-90253-7-5|pages=28}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Portal|Bangladesh|Biography}}
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{{Bir Uttom}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
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