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'''Moazzem Hossain''' was a Pakistan Navy Lieutenant Commander and an accused of the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case]]. He was killed by the Pakistan Army during [[Bangladesh Liberation war]].<ref name="tgvn">{{cite web|last1=Hossain|first1=ATM Zayed|title=Hossain, Lt Commander Moazzem|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Hossain,_Lt_Commander_Moazzem|website=Banglapedia|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=My husband Moazzem Hossain|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/my-husband-moazzem-hossain-73559 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was born on 17 September 1932 in Dumuritala, [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur]], [[East Bengal]]. His father was Mofazzel Ali and his mother was Latifunnesa Begum. He graduated from [[Kachua High School]]. He later joined [[Bagerhat College]] and [[Brajamohan College]], [[Barisal]].<ref name="tgvn" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1950 he joined the Pakistan Navy and received his commission. He completed his mechanical engineering and marine engineering degrees from the British Institute of Mechanical Engineering and the British Institute of Marine Engineering in 1958–1960. In 1966, he was made chief engineer of Chittagong Naval Base. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander one year later. He was deputed to [[East Pakistan Inland Water Transport Authority]] in Barisal. On 9 December 1967 he was arrested by Military Intelligence Branch. He was charged under the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case]]. He was accused of supporting separatism in East Pakistan. The Agartala Conspiracy Case was withdrawn on 22 February 1969. He returned to service upon release and retired on 18 March 1970.<ref name="tgvn" /><br />
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He joined politics after retirement. He declared his intention on 24 March 1970 to establish an independent country based on the [[Lahore Resolution]]. To that end, on 28 March 1970 he established the Lahore Prostab Bastabayan Committee. He tried to convince Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to start an armed rebellion. He asked those in his party to take military training. He traveled to different parts of East Pakistan to mobilize public opinion.<ref name="tgvn" /><br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
He was killed in his home in Dhaka on 26 March 1971 by the [[Pakistan army]]. [[Bangladesh Navy]] base [[BNS Shaheed Moazzem]] in [[Rangamati]] was named after him on 16 January 1976. On 14 December 1993 a commemorative postal stamp was issued in his name. Shaheed Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain Sarak, a road in Dhaka was named after him by Dhaka City Corporation.<ref name="tgvn" /> In 2012 he was given the [[Independence Award]] posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM presents Independence Award 2012|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/03/25/pm-presents-independence-award-2012 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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