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The Bir Sreshtho

Awarded by Bangladesh
Type - Gallantry Award

Eligibility - Military only (Conferable on all ranks). Also considered for civilians.

Awarded for - Bravery Dedication of Life to Save the Mother Land.To those who have performed acts of greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger and have shown bravery of the highest order or devotion to the country, in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air to save the motherland.

Status - Awarded by the Bangladesh Gazette 15 December 1973

Description - Bir Sreshtho (The Most Valiant Hero)


Statistics
Established - 1971
First awarded - 15 December 1973
Last awarded - 15 December 1973
Total awarded - 7
Posthumous
awards - 7
Distinct - 7 fighters of the Bangladesh Liberation War
recipients


Precedence
Next (higher) - None
Equivalent - None
Individual
equivalent - 7
Next (lower) - Bir Uttom
7 Bir Sreshtho
7 Bir Sreshtho


Mohiuddin Jahangir (Shaheed): He was killed in an attempt to break through enemy defense on the bank of the Mahananda River.


Hamidur Rahman (Shaheed): He was killed on October 28, 1971 at Dhalai, Sylhet during an attempt to capture the Pakistani Army's position which finally fell to advancing Mukti Bahini column.


Mostafa Kamal ( Shaheed):On 18 April 1971, Mostofa Kamal was killed in a defensive battle against the occupying Pakistan Army in Daruin village of Comilla.


Mohammad Ruhul Amin ( Shaheed): Indian Air Force mistakenly dropped bomb on the warship "Palash". Ruhul Amin was working as an artificer of that ship. After the heavy bombing, the engine room got burned and Ruhul Amin was forced to dive into the water. When he reached the river shore, he got caught by the Razakars who killed him using their bayonets.


Matiur Rahman ( Shaheed): On August 20, 1971 he attempted to steal a T-33 trainer from Karachi, Pakistan to India in order to defect from the Pakistan Air Force and join the liberation movement of Bangladesh. The T-33 aircraft was code-named 'Bluebird'. However, Matiur Rahman could not take the plane out of Pakistani territory, as reportedly, the other pilot in the plane, Rashid Minhas, forced it to crash. The plane crashed in Thatta, a place near the Indian border. His body, which was found near the crash site was reportedly buried at the graveyard of fourth class employees at Masroor Air Base, Pakistan.


Munshi Abdur Rouf (EB-R, Shaheed): On 18 April 1971, Pakistan Army attacked at the defense position of Mukti Bahini with 7 speed boats and 2 launches. Their mission was to drive the Mukti Bahini away from the waterway of Rangamati and Mohalchari. Pakistani forces managed to disorient Mukti Bahini by coming closer to them and firing heavily. In the meantime Pakistanis surrounded the freedom fighters and managed to isolate nearly 100 of them. Rouf realized the threat to the entire company. So, he crawled forward to his trench and continuously fired towards the enemies with his automatic machine gun. As a result, Pakistanis dragged their launches back to a safer place and resumed their firing from there. Suddenly a mortar directly hit Rouf and he died immediately.


Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh (Shaheed): He was killed in an engagement with the Pakistan Army while providing fire for covering the extrication of fellow soldiers at Goalhati in Jessore district on September 5 1971. Nur Mohammad died saving his compatriots and inflicting heavy casualties on his enemy.