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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[File:বীর শ্রেষ্ঠ পদক.jpg|20px]]
| name = Mohiuddin Jahangir
| native_name = মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর
| honorific_suffix = [[Bir Sreshtho]]
| image =
| caption = Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, circa Dec. '71
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|03|07}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|14|1949|3|7}}
| birth_place = [[Barisal]], [[East Pakistan]]
| death_place = [[Rehaichar]], [[Chapai Nawabganj]], Bangladesh
| allegiance = [[Pakistan]] <br /> [[Bangladesh]]
| serviceyears =
| rank = Captain
| unit = [[Combat engineer|Engineering Corps]], [[Pakistan Army]]-PSS-10439 (15 short course)
| commands =
| battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
| awards = [[Bir Sreshtho]]
| laterwork =
}}
[[Captain (land)|Captain]] '''Mohiuddin Jahangir''' ({{lang-bn|মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর}}) was a [[Pakistan Army]] office who joined the [[Mukti Bahini]] during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War]]. He was born on 7 March 1949 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj Upazila of [[Barisal]] district, [[East Pakistan]]. He was an officer in Sector 7 of the [[Muktibahini]] and was killed while attempting to breakthrough enemy defenses on the bank of the [[Mahananda River]]. His initiative seriously undermined the Pakistani Army's resistance in the area; eventually allowing, the Muktibahini to overcame the positions of the Pakistan army. The main gate of [[Dhaka Cantonment]], "Shaheed Jahangir Gate", is named in his honor.

He was awarded the [[Bir Sreshtho|highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Nation to recall martyrdom of Bir Shreshtha Jahangir today |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/nation-to-recall-martyrdom-of-bir-shreshtha-jahangir-today-55184 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2022}}

==Early life==

Mohiuddin Jahangir was born on 7 March 1949 at Rahimganj, [[Babuganj Upazila|Babuganj upazila]] in [[Barisal district]], [[East Pakistan]]. His primary education was at the Patarchar Primary School in Muladi. He achieved scholarships in talent pool in his 5th and 8th grade. He passed his SSC examination from Muladi Mahbudjan High School in 1964. He finished his HSC from the Barisal BM College in 1966.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jahangir,_Birsrestha_Mahiuddin|title=Jahangir, Birsrestha Mahiuddin - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> In 1967 he enrolled at the department of Statistics at the [[University of Dhaka]]. On 5 October 1967 he joined the [[Pakistan Army]] as a cadet at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]].<ref name="auto"/> After successfully completing his training with the 15th war course, Jahangir was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. Later he was posted at 173 Engineer's Battalion in [[Multan]]. After working with the Battalion for six months, he was shifted to Military College of Engineering in [[Risalpur]]. After finishing the 13-month-long training he took bomb-disposal training.

==Involvement in the war==
In 1971 Mohiuddin Jahangir was working at the construction field at [[Karakoram]]. On 10 June 1971, he took a few days leave and went back to Risalpur. A day later, he started towards the [[Sialkot]] border to reach India. He managed to cross the border and joined the [[Mukti Bahini]] at Mehdipur under [[Malda district]] in West Bengal. On 3 July, he became a captain of sector 7, Mohodipur . He was given the responsibility to fight at the [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapai Nawabganj]] border at [[Rajshahi District|Rajshahi]] district.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chapainawabganj was freed on this day in 1971 |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/chapainawabganj-was-freed-on-this-day-in-1971/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=18 June 2022}}</ref> In December he was ordered to take Chapai Nawabganj. On 14 December he died after being shot during a battle near [[Nawabganj Town|Nawabganj]]. He was buried near [[Sona Mosque]] premises and later was posthumously declared "Bir Shrestho". This award is one of the most highly honored awards in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="auto"/>

==Death==
[[File:Mohiuddin Jahangir Tomb by Mustafiz.jpg|right|thumb|Tomb of Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir and Major Nazmul Huq]]
In December 1971, Mohiuddin Jahangir was made the captain of a team in order to take control of [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapai Nawabganj]] from the Pakistanis. He set his camp at a place called Barghoria at the west of Nawabganj on 10 December. On 13 December Mohiuddin Jahangir divided his force into three groups in order to attack enemy camps at Chapai Nababganj and Rajshahi. One team, led by Lieutenant Rafiq, crossed Mohananda and proceeded towards Rohonpur-Nachole-Anupura and Nawabganj. The second team crossed the [[Mahananda River]] and marched towards the city. At this point Mohiuddin Jahangir failed to establish any advantage over the enemy, so he continued with his team and crossed Mahananda and camped at Rehaichar before dawn. He intended to destroy one of the light machine gun bunkers of the Pakistan Army and crawled towards it. He managed to get close to the bunker and threw a grenade, but was shot dead a bullet hit his forehead from another house roof. He was shot from a sniper rifle. He wore a green lungi & a gray genji & a gamcha around his wrist. Pakistani Soldiers didn't recognize him as an officer as he looked like an ordinary soldier. His code name was "Tiger". His fellow Comrades responded on the radio "Tiger is dead". He died at the battlefield in Rehaichar Moholla in [[Chapainawabganj|Chapainawabganj town]].<ref>{{cite news |title=42nd death anniversary of Birshrestha Janhangir today |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/42nd-death-anniversary-of-birshrestha-janhangir-today/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=18 June 2022}}</ref> He was buried in Choto Shona Mosque premises at Mehdipur where most of his activities had taken place during the war. Later he was announced Bir Shrestho.<ref name=":0" />

==Legacy==
[[File:Birsreshto Shaheed Jahangir Gate.jpg|thumb|Front view of Birsreshto Shaheed Jahangir Gate, Dhaka cantonment. This gate was named after Mohiuddin Jahangir.]]
Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir College at Swarupnagar was named after him. The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment, "Shaheed Jahangir Gate", is named in his honour. Also, a college called Mohiuddin Jahangir College was named after him as well.
<ref>{{cite news |title=PM: Reject those involved in destructive politics |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/may/17/pm-reject-those-involved-destructive-politics |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |agency=UNB |accessdate=18 June 2022}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Mohiuddin Jahangir Tomb by Mustafiz 2.jpg|Tomb of [[Bir Sreshtho]] Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir and Major Nazmul Huq
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bir Sreshtho}}

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[[Category:Bangladeshi military personnel]]
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Pakistani defectors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bir Sreshtho]]
[[Category:People from Barisal]]
[[Category:Brojomohun College alumni]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]
[[Category:Pakistan Army officers]]

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