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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Colonel Nizamuddin<br />
| birth_name = Saifuddin<br />
| birth_date = 1901<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|02|06|1901|01|01}}<br />
| birth_place = Dhakwan, Azamgarh, [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], British India<br />
| death_place = Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| allegiance = {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian National Army]]<br />
| rank = Colonel (honorary, as reported in media)<br />
| unit = Azad Hind Fauj<br />
| battles = [[Burma Campaign]] (World War II)<br />
| awards = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Colonel Nizamuddin''' (born '''Saifuddin'''; 1901 – 6 February 2017) was an Indian freedom fighter who, according to Indian media reports, is described as having served as a driver and bodyguard for [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] during the operations of the [[Indian National Army]] (INA) in Southeast Asia.<ref name="TOI_Obit">{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Kashif |title=Netaji's personal driver Colonel Nizamuddin passes away at 117 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/netajis-personal-driver-colonel-nizamuddin-passes-away-at-117/articleshow/57002011.cms |work=The Times of India |date=6 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Military service ==<br />
Nizamuddin was a member of the [[Indian National Army]] (Azad Hind Fauj). Media accounts published in later decades state that in 1943, Nizamuddin was wounded while attempting to protect Bose during an encounter in the forests of [[Burma]].<ref name="DNA_India">{{cite web |title=The man who took three bullets to save Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-the-man-who-took-three-bullets-to-save-netaji-subhas-chandra-bose-2213192 |website=DNA India |access-date=2024-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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Bose is said to have informally referred to him as "Colonel," a title described in news reports as honorary rather than a formal commissioned military rank.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pal |first=Sanchari |title='Colonel' Nizamuddin, the Forgotten Driver Who Took 3 Bullets to Save Netaji Bose |url=https://thebetterindia.com/143203/colonel-nizamuddin-driver-subhash-chandra-bose/ |website=The Better India |date=2018-05-29 |access-date=2024-05-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Later life and recognition ==<br />
After the dissolution of the INA, Nizamuddin lived in [[Yangon|Rangoon]] for several decades before returning to his ancestral village in [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]], Uttar Pradesh, in 1969. <br />
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He received national media attention in 2014 when Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] met him during an event in [[Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi meets Netaji's aide Colonel Nizamuddin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-aide-colonel-nizamuddin-varanasi-192131-2014-05-09 |work=India Today |date=9 May 2014}}</ref> At the time of his death in 2017, several media reports described him as being among the oldest living people in India, based on personal documents cited in news coverage which suggested an age of approximately 116 years.<br />
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