History about MAG Usmani.

MUHAMMAD ATAUL GANI OSMANI, who is General M. A. G. Also known as Osmani (1 September 1917 - 18 February 1974), he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army and the Army during the War of Liberation of Bangladesh.

Osmani was born on September 1, 1918 in Sunamganj. His ancestral home is in Dayamir of Balaganj police station (now Osmani Nagar upazila) of Sylhet district. His father was Khan Bahadur Mofizur Rahman and his mother was Jobeda Khatun. Osmani is the youngest of two sons and one daughter of Khan Bahadur Mofizur Rahman. On the eve of Osmani's birth in 1917, Khan Bahadur Mofizur Rahman was posted as a sub-divisional officer in the then Sunamganj Sadar subdivision of Assam. They lived in Sunamganj Sadar. Osmani was born here.

Due to his father's job, he spent his childhood and adolescence in different places. So after a few days he had to leave Sunamganj for Gohati with a transfer order And that's where Osmani's primary education began In 1923 he was admitted to the Cottons School of Assam The fact that he was very attentive in his studies proves that he was first in every examination of the school In 1932, Osmani was admitted to Sylhet Government Pilot High School At that time this school in Sylhet was under Calcutta University He passed matriculation from Sylhet Government High School in 1934 with great achievement He was ranked first in the whole of British India For this extraordinary achievement, the British government M. A. G. Osmani was honored by the Priyotoria Prize. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in 1936.

After finishing university, Osmani joined the then army In 1939 he joined the Royal Armed Forces as a cadet. After training at the British-Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, he joined the British Army in 1940 as a commissioned officer. World War II was going on at that time. He served in the Burma (Myanmar) sector as a battalion commander in the British Army. In 1942 he was promoted to the rank of Major. Osmani was the youngest major in the British Empire in 1942. [5] At the end of World War II in 1945, Osmani rose to prominence in the British Army with a long course examination. He was also nominated for the Indian Political Service that year But he remained in the military. [5] After partition, Osmani joined the Pakistan Army on 7 October 1947. At that time his rank was that of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1949 he became Deputy Chief of General Staff. In 1951 he was appointed Commander of the 1st Battalion of the East Bengal Regiment. After that he established Chittagong cantonment Until 1955, he was successfully in charge of several other regional stations in East Bengal. [5] Etc. In 1956, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and became the Deputy Director of General Staff and Military Operations at the Army Headquarters. He fought for Pakistan in the 1965 Pak-India war As "Deputy Director of Military Operations", he communicated with various warring military headquarters. At the end of the Pak-India war, he was over eighty years old He retired from the Pakistan Army in May 1968 and retired the following year (February 17, 1968).

He joined the Awami League in 1970. As an Awami League candidate, he was elected a member of the Pakistan National Assembly from Fenchuganj-Balaganj-Bishwanath constituency in the 1970 elections.

When the war of liberation started, Osmani crossed the border and entered India. On April 11, 1971, Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed addressed the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. In that speech, he mentioned the formation of the infrastructure of the Bangladesh Army and declared MAG Osmani as the Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army. [5] [8] ] On 17 April 1971, the Mujibnagar government was formed and Osmani was made the Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini.

According to Osmani's instructions, the whole of Bangladesh was divided into 11 sectors. One army officer was appointed as the sector commander of each sector. Osmani successfully coordinated various sectors and forces, liaised with the political leadership, ensured the supply of weapons, and provided training to the guerrilla forces. From April 12 to M. A. G. Osmani assumed the responsibility of conducting the war as the Commander-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Army with the rank of Minister. As a tactical strategy, he first divided the whole of Bangladesh into 11 sectors considering the geographical location and wisely controlled the sectors. The Pakistani army was efficient and outnumbered With this in mind, Osmani's tactics were first to keep the enemy in their camps and isolate them from all means of communication. That's why M. A. G. Osmani conducted the war in a regular manner till May After May, he felt that it would not be possible to destroy the enemy even if the enemy was trapped in the camp with far fewer troops than necessary. He informed the government about this and brought strategic change in the war The former EPR formed a mass or guerrilla force with Bengali members, Ansar, Mojahed, police force and youth.

In the liberation struggle, MAG Osmani did not have any navy in his hands. However, some regular naval officers kept in constant touch with MAG Osmani In addition, a number of Pakistani submarine crews in French waters were in regular contact with the freedom fighters. A few days later, MAG Osmani formed a naval commando force with them and a number of guerrilla youths. In mid-August, they almost blocked the movement of the enemy on the river. Although the formation of the navy ended a major crisis, MAG Osmani felt another crisis before the country became independent. That is, he had no air force in his hands. Towards the end, he formed a small air force with two helicopters, an Attar and a Dakota for its own operations.

Surrender of the Pak army

The Pakistani forces surrendered to the joint command of the Mukti Bahini and the Indian Army on 16 December 1971. Bangladesh became independent. General Osmani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini, was not present at the surrender ceremony. The reason for this was to lead the Allied forces, which he did not like. Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, Commander of the Indian Army's Eastern Front, was present on behalf of India at the surrender ceremony. On the other hand, Lieutenant General AK Niazi, Chief of Army Staff of the Eastern Army of Pakistan was present on behalf of Pakistan. Both of them were regional heads. On the other hand, Osmani was the chief of the Bangladesh Army. Osmani sees the matter as negative.

On 26 December 1971, he was promoted to the rank of General (inactive) of the Bangladesh Army and was appointed as the first Chief of the Armed Forces of the new country. He retired from the post on 12 April 1972, joining the Cabinet as Minister of Inland Navigation, Shipping and Aviation. In March 1973, the first general election was held in independent Bangladesh ঐ Osmani took part in the election from his own constituency and achieved unimaginable success in the election In the 1973 elections, Osmani won with 94 percent of the vote He was in charge of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, Inland Navigation, Ships and Aviation. He resigned from the cabinet in May 1984. He resigned from the Parliament and the Awami League in 1975 when the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution introduced the one-party Bakshal system. On August 29 of that year, Khandaker was appointed as Mushtaq Ahmed's defense adviser, but resigned after the November 3 prison killings. In September 1969, Osmani formed a new political party called the Jatiya Janata Party. He participated in the 1986 and 1981 presidential elections. Ziaur Rahman won the June 3, 1987 presidential election. There were a total of 10 candidates in this election

1. Mr. Azizul Islam II. Mr. Abul Bashar 3. Principal A, Hamid (M.Sc.) 4. Hakim Maulana Khabiruddin Ahmed 5. Major General Ziaur Rahman (B, U, P, S, C) 6. General (Retd.) Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani 6. Mr. Md. Abdus Samad 7. Mr. Md. Golam Morshed 9. Sheikh Md. Abu Bakar Siddique 10. Syed Sirajul Huda

In the 1978 presidential election, General (Retd) M.A.G. Osmani took part. He was the chairman of the Jatiya Janata Party. He was nominated by Gana Oikya Jote and 5 political alliances namely Jatiya Janata Party, Bangladesh Awami League, Jatiya Awami Party (Mozaffar), Bangladesh People's League, Gana Azadi League. There were 39 candidates in the 1981 presidential election. Justice Abdus Sattar won the election.

MAG Osmani died of cancer on 18 February 1984 while in London for treatment. He was buried in Sylhet with full military honors.