3-711: Dr. Captain Sitara Begum is a Bangladeshi doctor, Army officer, and War hero. She is one of two women in Bangladesh who has received Bir Protik award. She played a magnificent role in Sector 2 during Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. Begum was born in Kishoreganj in 1946. Her father, Israil Mian, was a lawyer. She graduated from the Holy Cross College, Dhaka . She completed her MBBS from Dhaka Medical College . Her brother
6-506: The commanding officer of Bangladesh Hospital , a Mukti Bahini hospital located inside India that operated during the war. She returned to Dhaka after the independence of Bangladesh . Begum left Bangladesh after her brother was killed in the 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état and settled in the United States . Bir Protik Bir Protik ( Bengali : বীর প্রতীক , lit. ' Symbol of Bravery or Idol of Courage ' )
9-630: Was Major Abu Taher Mohammad Haider . Begum was commissioned in the Medical Corps of the Pakistan Army in 1970 as a lieutenant. She was stationed in Comilla Cantonment . Her brother was stationed in Comila Cantonment as well. After the start of Bangladesh Liberation war , she and her parents with the aid of Mukti Bahini members moved from Kishorganj to Meghalaya . She then was appointed
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