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'''National Freedom Fighter Council''' or Jatiya Muktijoddha Council is an autonomous Bangladesh government council responsible for the welfare of "Freedom Fighters" ([[Mukti Bahini]]) and maintaining a list of the Freedom Fighters and is located in [[Magbazar]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New definition of freedom fighters|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/55053/New-definition-of-freedom-fighters|website=Prothom Alo|accessdate=7 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom fighters' age reduced to 13|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/freedom-fighters-age-reduced-13-573937|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en|date=18 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Priyobhashinee recognised as freedom fighter|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/priyobhashinee-recognised-birangana-1268386|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en|date=12 August 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The council was formed to look after the welfare of Mukti Bahini members, who fought for Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, under the [[Ministry of Liberation War Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reinstate the recognition of 2,367 guerrilla force members|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/recognise-spl-guerrilla-force-members-freedom-fighters-1283002|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en|date=9 September 2022}}</ref> The council also regulates the usages of the term Bangladesh Liberation War to prevent exploitation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Capitailising on Liberation War, Bangabandhu|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/capitailising-on-liberation-war-bangabandhu-49662|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en|date=11 November 2022}}</ref> In 2015 the council decided to give [[Birangonas]], women who were raped in the Bangladesh Liberation war, the status of freedom fighters including the associated benefits.<ref>{{cite web|title=41 Biranganas get freedom fighter status|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/10/12/41-biranganas-get-freedom-fighter-status|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=7 May 2022}}</ref>

On 23 January 2017 Bangladesh High Court asked the government to explain why asking the council to investigate and removed "fake freedom fighters" is not illegal under the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act, 2002. The government formed local investigative units for this purpose on 12 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=HC questions guideline, committee for reviewing freedom fighters|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/why-guideline-committee-reviewing-freedom-fighters-should-not-be-declared-illegal-1349710|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en|date=23 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Government agencies of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini]]

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