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{{Short description|Bangladeshi freedom fighter (1949–1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jagat Joity Das
| image = Jagat Joity Das.jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|04|26}}
| birth_place = [[Habiganj district]], [[Bangladesh]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|11|16|1949|04|26}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| other_names =
| occupation =
| years_active =
| known_for = [[Bir Bikrom]]
| notable_works =
}}
'''Jagat Joity Das''' (April 26, 1949 – November 16, 1971) was a martyr of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He was posthumously awarded the [[Bir Bikrom]], the third highest award for gallantry, for his role in the freedom movement of [[Bangladesh]].

== Early life and education ==
Das was born in Jalsukha village [[Ajmiriganj Upazila|Ajmiriganj]], [[Habiganj District]], [[Bangladesh]] in 1959. His father was Jitendra Das. Jagot Joity joined into movement against the [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] junta while still in school. In 1968, he passed his examinations and entered [[Sunamganj College]], where he was an active member of the Menon Group student union. In 1969, Das went to [[Guwahati]], [[India]], where he entered [[Nampong]] College and learned about [[guerrilla warfare]].

== Bangladesh war of liberation ==
He received training in [[Meghalaya]] and joined the guerrilla group of [[Mukti Bahini]] afterwards, which operated primarily in the Sunamganj Netrokona Habiganj river,or '<nowiki/>''Haor''', area. His group was known to the local people as Das Party. According to Abdul Kaium, one fellow commander of Das, the name of "Das party" was officially approved by the Bangladesh Liberation Army.

Das operated a number of guerrilla missions, such as the Paharpur operation, the Baniachong police station attack, and the Badalpur operation, driving out the Pakistani military from the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhaka247.net/uncategorized/jyotisanghita-features-guerrilla-operations-in-haor-areas/|title=Jyotisanghita features guerrilla operations in haor areas|date=August 28, 2012|website=Dhaka 24/7|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> Given the Pakistani Army's use of waterways as supply routes, the Das and other members of the group launched an assault on he Pakistani forces on October 16, 1971, cutting the military's supply lines. A bounty was subsequently placed on Das' head.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Das Partyr Khonje (Bengali)|last=Hasan Morshed|publisher=Merit Fare Publication|year=2016|location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|pages=13}}</ref>

== Death ==
On November 16, 1971, the Das party was attacked by the Pakistani army and was forced into retreat. Das got cornered and was shot dead in the assault. Pakistan army and local Rajakars retrieved his dead body near the bank of a river and hanged his lifeless body with an electric pillar of the local Ajmiriganj bazar.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/191512/Stories-of-sacrifice|title=Stories of sacrifice|last=Rajib Kanti Roy|date=December 15, 2016|work=Daily Sun|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ananyo Muktijoddha Jagat Joity (Bengali)|last=Apurba Sharma|publisher=Sahitya Prakash|year=2009|location=Dhaka}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-104469|title=BNP leader sued for war crimes in Habiganj|date=September 4, 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>

== Memoirs ==
In 1972, he was awarded with the Bir Bikrom, the highest gallantry award by [[Bangladesh Betar]] as the first civilian freedom fighter. However, the Bangladeshi government did not award him the medal until two decades later.

Communist activist and novelist Anjali Lahiri wrote a novel named ''Jagatjoity<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pinaki Biswas|title=Rabindranath Hatya Shorojantra (Bengali)|publisher=Lalmati Prakashan|year=2021|isbn=978-81-953129-3-1|location=Kolkata|pages=89}}</ref>'', which was published in 2003 in Dhaka. Notable theater personality of Bangladesh, Smt. Ruma Modok, also staged a drama in his memory.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=35113|title=National Theatre Fest starts in capital|work=The Daily Observer|date=September 26, 2016|access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bir Bikrom]]
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:People from Ajmiriganj Upazila]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]

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