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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{about|the Bangladesh Navy sailor|other people|Mohammed Amin (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{short description|Bangladesh Navy sailor and the recipient of Bir Shreshto, highest award in the Bangladesh Military}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[File:বীর শ্রেষ্ঠ পদক.jpg|20px]]<br />
| name = Mohammad Ruhul Amin<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Bir Sreshtho]]<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = [[Engine Room Artificer]] Mohammad Ruhul Amin [[Bir Sreshtha]]<br />
| native_name = মোহাম্মদ রুহুল আমিন<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = June 1935<br />
| birth_place = Baghcapra Gram, [[Sonaimuri Upazila]], [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]], [[Chattogram Division]], [[East Pakistan]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|12|10|1935||}}<br />
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| nationality = <br />
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| known_for = Freedom Fighter<ref>{{cite news |title=War heroes honoured |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/story.php?nid=115066 |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=UNB |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><br />
| awards = [[Bir Sreshtha]]<br />
| occupation = [[Engine Room Artificer]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Mohammad Ruhul Amin''' ({{lang-bn|মোহাম্মদ রুহুল আমিন}}; 1935–1971), was an engine room artificer in the [[Bangladesh Navy]] who was posthumously awarded the Bangladesh's highest bravery award, [[Bir Sreshtho]], for his service and bravery during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War]].<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Zahir |first=Qazi Sajjad Ali |year=2012 |chapter=Amurl=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Amin,_Birsrestha_Mohammad_Ruhul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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He was killed on 10 December 1971 while onboard BNS Palash which was sunk in reportedly an accidental fire by [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF).<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bir Shrestho Ruhul Amin was born in 1935 at Bagpanchra village under what is now [[Sonaimuri Upazila]] of [[Noakhali district]].<ref name=auto1/> His father was Mohammad Azhar Patwari and mother was Zulekha Khatun.<br />
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==Involvement in the Liberation War==<br />
[[File:BirSresthoRuhulAminCemeteryComplex03.JPG|left|thumb|Ruhul Amin's tomb]]<br />
At the start of Bangladesh Liberation War with [[Operation Searchlight]], Amin immediately resigned from the Pakistan Navy, left PNS ''Comilla'' at Chittagong, and returned to his village.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Day to remember a Bir Shreshtha |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/day-to-remember-a-bir-shreshtha-54538 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> He organized local youths and soldiers for the war. In May, he along with 500 others joined at Sector-3 under Major [[K M Shafiullah]]. Later he enrolled at ''Palash'', a warship of Bangladesh Navy and at the same time worked as the squadron leader for both warships ''Padma'' and ''Palash''.<br />
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On 10 December 1971, during the concluding days of the Bangladesh Liberation War, an incident occurred at the Rupsha river in Khulna.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bir Shreshtha Ruhul Amin Day observed in Noakhali |url=http://englishnewsbd.com/2014/12/11/bir-shreshtha-ruhul-amin-day-observed/ |website=English News Bangladesh |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619042739/http://englishnewsbd.com/2014/12/11/bir-shreshtha-ruhul-amin-day-observed/ |archivedate=19 June 2015 }}</ref> In a successful campaign of the allied Bangladesh and Indian naval forces, after freeing Jessore, the ships were advancing towards capturing the Titumir naval base from the Pakistan Navy. Two of the warships of the Bangladesh Navy/Mukti Bahini named ''Padma'' and ''Palash'' mistakenly came under fire from the Indian Air Force as it crossed the river Rupsha near the Khulna shipyard. According to some other witnesses, Indian Air Force fired at different places of Khunla city earlier that day and incidentally one of those bombs had fallen at the warship ''Palash''. Ruhul Amin was working as an artificer of that ship. Both ships caught fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=During Liberation War |url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history1.php |website=Bangladesh Navy |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> As a result of heavy bombing, the engine room in the warship caught fire and in a bid to save the ship, Ruhul Amin tried to extinguish it, ignoring orders to abandon the ship. But the engine room was under fire again and another shell exploded which injured Ruhul Amin and made him to abandon the ship. He jumped into the water and swam ashore but was attacked and killed with bayonets by the awaiting [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |title=Bir Shrestha Ruhul Amin's death anniv today |url=http://newagebd.net/75149/bir-shrestha-ruhul-amins-death-anniv-today/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Ro Ro Ferry ''Bir Shreshtha Ruhul Amin'' was named after him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Traffic chaos before Eid |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/08/08/traffic-chaos-before-eid |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref> The Bangladesh Navy warship [[HMS Jersey (P295)|BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'']] is named after him.<ref name="auto1"/> Bir Shrestha Ruhul Amin Sarani is a road in Saidpur cantonment, [[Saidpur Upazila|Saidpur]], [[Nilphamari]] which is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trust Bank Limited |url=http://atm.web.com.bd/trust-bank-limited/4/ |website=atm.web.com.bd |date=5 December 2013 |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619042930/http://atm.web.com.bd/trust-bank-limited/4/ |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium]] in Chittagong is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stadium / Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium |url=http://www.thecricketsport.com/stadium/detail.aspx?name=bir-shrestha-shahid-ruhul-amin-stadium |website=The Cricket Sport |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619052437/http://www.thecricketsport.com/stadium/detail.aspx?name=bir-shrestha-shahid-ruhul-amin-stadium |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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He had three daughters and two sons. His youngest son lives in poverty and struggles to make a living.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bir Shreshtha's only son passing woeful days |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=260565 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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