Bir Uttom () is the second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh after the Bir Sreshtho and the highest gallantry award for living individual.
Since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, 69 people have been awarded the Bir Uttom.
Recipients This award was declared on 15 December 1973. A total of 67 people have been rewarded for their bravery and dedication in the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.
Lieutenant G. M. Mushfiqur Rahman Bir Uttam (1966–1989) was posted in 1 Field Artillery Regiment of Bangladesh Army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. On 8 September 1989, he led a 17-member team of Bangladesh Army soldiers and attacked a terrorist Shanti Bahini camp. Lieutenant Rahman was injured during the clash and he died on 8 September 1989 at 8.15 am. He was posthumously awarded the Bir Uttom award.Major General (Retired) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim " Chittagong Hill Tract Peace Process and Situation Analysis (Bengali Book)
In April 2010, Brigadier General Jamil Uddin Ahmad was posthumously conferred with the Bir Uttom for being the only army officer present and who was killed while trying to counter the successful assassination attempt on President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975.
The following list has been prepared from the Bangladesh Gazette of 15 December 1973:
Bangladesh Army Sl. no. ID no. Rank (At the time of the award) NAME 01 P.A.-5115 Major Ziaur Rahman 02 P.R.R.-1550 Lieutenant colonel Md. A. Rob, M.N.A. 03 P.A.-5121 Major K. M. Shafiullah 04 P.A.-3613 Major Chitta Ranjan Dutta 05 P.A.-2215 Major Quazi Nuruzzaman 06 P.A.-5512 Major Mir Shawkat Ali 08 P.A.-5553 Major Khaled Mosharraf 09 P.A.-6030 Major Abul Manzur 10 P. A.-6472 Major Abu Taher 11 P.A.-182 Major A. J. M. Aminul Haque 12 P.A.-6286 Captain A. N. M. Nuruzzaman 13 P.A.-7210 Major Rafiqul Islam 14 P.S.S.-7704 CaptainAbdus Salek Choudhury 15 - Leader Gonobahini Khwaja Nizamuddin Bhuyan (Shaheed) 16 P.A.-7942 CaptainHarun Ahmed Choudhury 16 P.S.S.-8544 Major A.T.M. Haider 17 P.S.S.-10012 CaptainM.A. Gaffar Haldar 18 P.A.-10170 Major Shariful Haque Dalim 19 P.A.-11521 Captain Mohammad Shahjahan 20 P.A.-11562 CaptainMahbubur Rahman 21 P.A.-6489 MajorMohammad Ziauddin 22 P.A.-10561 Captain Mirza Aftabul Qader (Posthumously) 23 P.A.-11038 Captain Mahbubur Rahman (Shaheed) 24 - Captain (2-E.Bengal) Salah Uddin Momtaz (Posthumously) 25 P.A.-10244 Captain (2-E.Bengal) Mohammad Azizur Rahman 26 N.Y.A. Lieutenant (8-E. Bengal) S. M. Imdadul Hoque (Shaheed) 27 N.Y.A. 2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal) Mohammad Anwar Hossain (Shaheed) 28 S.S.-33 2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal) Abu Mayeen Ashfakus Samad (Shaheed) 29 B.J.O.-26507 Subedar (3-East Bengal) Aftab Ali 30 B.J.O.-3932129 Subedar Fayez Ahmed 31 B.J.O.-3933821 Naib Subedar Belayet Ahmed (Shaheed) 32 B.J.O.-3933525 Naib Subedar Moinul Hossain (Shaheed) 33 N.Y.A. Naib Subedar (3-East Bengal) Habibur Rahman 34 3931908 Havildar Md. Shah Alam (Shaheed) 35 3940899 Havildar Nurul Amin 36 1240160 Havildar Nasir Uddin (Shaheed) 37 3937853 Naik Abdul Mannan (Shaheed) 38 3937853 Lance Naik Abdul Latif (Shaheed) 39 14561 Lance Naik Abdus Sattar 40 6804756 Sepoy Nurul Haque (Shaheed) 41 - Sepoy (8-E. Bengal) Mohammad Shamsuzzaman (Shaheed) 42 - Sepoy (9-E. Bengal) Shafil Min (Shaheed) 43 B.J.O.-893 Subedar Fazlu Rahman (Shaheed) 44 B.J.O.-8772 Naib Subedar Mujibur Rahman (Shaheed) 45 6613 Naik Shafiuddin Choudhury (Shaheed) 46 17663 Sepoy Abu Taleb (Shaheed) 47 0259 Sepoy Mohammad Salahuddin Ahmed 48 13075 Sepoy Anwar Hossain (Shaheed) 49 6040 Sepoy Ershad Ali (Shaheed)
Bangladesh Navy Sl. no. ID no. Rank (At the time of award) NAME 49 240241 Civilian Muhammad Tanvirul Islam Shayeem 50 0148 Naval Commando Mozahar Ullah 51 66059 L/S Mohammad Zalal Uddin 52 66252 E-R-A Mohammad Afzal Miah 53 640512 M-E-I Mohammad Badiul Alam 54 620316 A-B Mohammed Sirajul Moula 55 67981 Sub/Lt. Abdul Wahid Choudhury 56 0230 Sub/Lt. Matiur Rahman (Bir Bikrom) 57 0072 Naval Commando Mohammad Shah Alam
Bangladesh Air Force Sl. no. ID no. Rank (At the time of award) NAME 58 B.D- 1300 Group captain Abdul Karim Khandker 59 B.D. -3733 Wing commander M Khademul Bashar 60 4295 Squadron Leader Sultan Mahmud 61 4921 Flight Lieutenant Shamsul Alam 62 4974 Flight Lieutenant Badrul Alam 63 5121 Flying Officer Liaquat Ali Khan
Civilians Sl. no. ID no. Rank (At the time of award) Name64 - Captain Shahabuddin Ahmed 65 - Captain Akram Ahmed 66 - Captain Sharfuddin Ahmed 67 - H. 2nd Lt. M H Siddiqui 68 - - Abdul Kader Siddiqui
Post 1971 Sl. no. ID no. Rank (At the time of award) NAMENote69 B.A.-3176 Lieutenant (Posthumous) G.M. Mushfiqur RahmanFor role in CHT conflict70 - Brigadier General (Posthumous) Jamil Uddin AhmadFor role in 1975 coup
See also Bir Shreshtho Bir Bikrom Bir Protik Awards and decorations of the Bangladesh Armed Forces
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