Our Pride

Our Pride: The earth we stand on today, the sky we see when we look up, and the air in our lungs when we take breath; we owe it all to our freedom fighters. this is debt we will never be able to repay, but the Bengalis have been given the oppurtunity to express their gratitude through the honors of valiance. Of the people who have received these awards the highest honor of Birshrestho has been given posthumously to seven freedom fighters. They are Capt. Mohiuddin Jahangir, Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, Sepay Hamidur Rahman, Sepay Mostafa Kamal, Engine Room Artifser Ruhul Amin, Lans Nayek Munshi Abdur Rouf and Lans Nayek Nur Mohammed Sheikh. Untill recently, Birshrestho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman's body was in Pakistan and Birshrestho Sepay Hamidur Rahman's body was in India. They both now have been brought back in Bangladesh. They are now kept with a deep love in our country with the other Birshresthos and countless martyrs of war.
Of those given theshonors on the 15th of December,1973, Female freedom fighters were also included. These women not only provided shelter and assistance to the freedom fighters, but fought by their side too.