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| name = Taramon Bibi<br />
| post-nominals = [[Bir Protik]]<br />
| native_name = তারামন বিবি<br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1956}}<br />
| birth_place = Shankar Madhabpur, [[Kurigram]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2018|12|01|62|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Char Rajibpur Upazila]], Kurigram, Bangladesh<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
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|name = Military career<br />
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|allegiance = {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]<br />
|branch = [[Mukti Bahini]]<br />
|branch_label = Alliance<br />
|serviceyears = 1971<br />
|serviceyears_label = Service year<br />
|rank = 11(Mymensingh and Tangail along with parts of Rangpur - Gaibandha, Ulipur, Kamalpur and Chilmari)<br />
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|battles = [[Bangladesh liberation war]]<br />
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'''Taramon Bibi [[Bir Protik|<small>Bir Protik</small>]]''' ({{circa|1956}} – 1 December 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=Taramon Bibi is no more |url=https://m.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/688358.details |access-date=1 December 2018 |work=Banglanews24.com}}</ref> was one of the two female freedom fighters in [[Bangladesh]] obtaining the [[Bir Protik]] award.<ref name=girl>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/the-girl-who-became-soldier-8071|title=The girl who became a soldier|author=Taramon Bibi|date=8 March 2015|access-date=25 May 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/bir-protik-taramon-bibi-dhaka-cmh-now-1444327|title=Bir Protik Taramon Bibi transferred to Dhaka CMH|date=2017-08-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en}}</ref> She engaged in direct combat during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|liberation war of Bangladesh]] in 1971 as a member of the [[Mukti Bahini]] (Liberation Army) which was a guerrilla force that fought against the Pakistan military.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/12/01/bir-pratik-taramon-bibi-dies-at-62|title=Bir Pratik Taramon Bibi dies at 62|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Bibi was born in Shankar Madhabpur village, [[Kurigram District]] to Abdus Sobhan and Kulsum Bewa. She was hired by the Mukti Bahini as a help cook and clean the camp when she was 16. She was interested in the war effort and asked Havildar Muhit in infantry regiment of Sector 11 to train. He trained her on the usage of [[.303 British]] rifle and submachine guns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardianbd.com/taramon-bibi-a-folktale-of-a-country/|title=Taramon Bibi: A folktale of a country|location=Bangladesh|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> She was in [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War#List of sectors and subsectors|Sector 11]] under the leadership of sector commander [[Abu Taher]].<br />
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Taramon Bibi died at her residence at [[Char Rajibpur Upazila]], Kurigram, at 1:30am on 1 December 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bir Protik Taramon Bibi dies|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/bir-protik-taramon-bibi-dies-1667713|access-date=1 December 2018|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
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==Award==<br />
After the war, she was awarded Bir Protik (Symbol of Valour) by Bangladesh government in 1973.<ref name=":0"/> But her whereabouts were unknown and the award was never handed over to her. She herself remained unaware of this until 1995 when a researcher from [[Mymensingh]] discovered her.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/victory-day-2016-special/the-women-our-liberation-war-1330396|title=The women in our Liberation War|date=2016-12-16|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en}}</ref> She was finally given her award by then Prime Minister of Bangladesh [[Khaleda Zia]] on 19 December 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://humanists.net/avijit/26th_march/tales_of_endurance.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311091725/http://humanists.net/avijit/26th_march/tales_of_endurance.htm|archivedate=2005-03-11|access-date=2018-11-30|website=humanists.net|author=Aasha Mehreen Amin, Lavina Ambreen Ahmed and Shamim Ahsan|title=Tales of Endurance and Courage}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Bibi was married to Abdul Majid.<ref name=hospital>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.net/online/2016/02/16/181417.php|script-title=bn:তারামন বিবি হাসপাতালে|newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj |language=bn |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref> Together they had a son, Abu Taher, and a daughter.<ref name=hospital/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/bir-protik-taramon-bibi-dhaka-cmh-now-1444327|title=Bir Protik Taramon Bibi transferred to Dhaka CMH|date=2017-08-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1950s births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kurigram District]]<br />
[[Category:Women in war in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Bir Protik]]<br />
[[Category:Women in warfare post-1945]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi women activists]]<br />
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]<br />
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