Moinul Hossain Chowdhury: Difference between revisions

Moinul Hossain Chowdhury fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mission war hero elimination|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/mission-war-hero-elimination-26542|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="erb">{{cite news|title=Behind the curtains|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/behind-the-curtains-25716|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He was awarded [[Bir Bikrom]] for his role in the war.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Adviser Moinul Hussain passes away|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-239066269.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031103/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-239066269.html|archive-date=1 October 2018|work=The New Nation|access-date=20 September 2016|date=11 October 2010|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> He was adjutant general of Bangladesh army in 1975 when the president of Bangladesh [[Sheikh Mujib]] was killed in a military coup. Major Rashid one of the coup plotters tried to recruit him into planning the coup.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fatal deaf ear|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/fatal-deaf-ear-126676|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=13 August 2015}}</ref> He was appointed to the post of chief advisor of the Muktijoddha Sangsad by president [[Ziaur Rahman Zia|Ziaur Rahman]] but was replaced by President Ershad.<ref name="erb" /> When President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated, it was his job to investigate the coup but he was sidelined by then Army chief General [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trial targeted freedom fighter officers|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/trial-targeted-freedom-fighter-officers-22070|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=28 April 2014}}</ref> As a result, he did not sign order of inquiry which he was supposed to; Ershad ended up signing it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama over enquiry|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/drama-over-enquiry-21931|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=27 April 2014}}</ref> He died on 10 October 2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=14 October 2010|title=Maj-Gen M. Hussain Chowdhury|work=The Daily Star|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-158451|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref>

He was a diplomat and served as ambassador of Bangladesh to a number of countries. He served as an advisor in the caretaker Government of former Chief Justice Latifur Rahman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spotlight on former caretaker advisors|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2013/10/21/spotlight-on-former-caretaker-advisors|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Moinuls contributions recalled|url=http://www.bangladesh2day.com/newsfinance/2011/October/11/Gen-Moinuls-contributions-recalled.php|website=bangladesh2day.com|date=11 October 2011|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref>

He wrote ''Silent Witness of a General'' about his time in Bangladesh Army<ref>{{cite news|title=BNP's rejoinder and our reply|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/bnps-rejoinder-and-our-reply-130954|work=The Daily Star|access-date=20 September 2016|date=22 August 2015}}</ref> along with several newspaper articles, both in English and Bangla.<ref name=":0" />