Bir Sreshtho at Bangladesh Liberation War 1971

1971: Bir Sreshtho || Bir Uttom || Bir Bikrom || Bir Protik

The Bir Sreshtho (literally, The Most Valiant Hero) is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered martyrs. The other three gallantry awards are named, in increasing order of importance Bir Protik, Bir Bikrom and Bir Uttom. All of these awards were introduced immediately after the Liberation War in 1971. All the recipients of this award (Bir Sreshtho) were killed in action during the Liberation War of 1971.Award was declared by the Bangladesh Gazette 15 December,1973.
Bangladesh Army
Serial No.
Name
Rank
ID Number
1
Mohiuddin Jahangir (Shaheed)
Captain
BSS-10439
2
Hamidur Rahman (Shaheed)
Sepay
3943014
3
Mostafa Kamal ( Shaheed)
Sepay
3937798
Bangladesh Navy
Serial No.
Name
Rank
ID Number
4
Mohammad Ruhul Amin ( Shaheed)
Engineroom Artificer, Class-1
62066
Bangladesh Air Force
Serial No.
Name
Rank
ID Number
5
Matiur Rahman ( Shaheed)
Flight Lieutenant
Pak/4367
Bangladesh Rifles
Serial No.
Name
Rank
ID Number
6
Munshi Abdur Rouf (EB-R, Shaheed)
Lance Naik
7
Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh (Shaheed)
Lance Naik
9459