Sitara Begum
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Sitara Begum | |
|---|---|
| File:সিতারা বেগম.jpg Begum in 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1946 |
| Citizenship | British subject (1946–1947) Pakistan (1947–1971) Bangladesh (1971–present) |
| Relations | Abu Taher Mohammad Haider (brother) |
| Residence(s) | Michigan, United States |
| Awards | File:Bir Protik ribbon.svg Bir Pratik |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (1970–1971) File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (1971–1973) |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1970–1973 |
| Rank | File:Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg Captain |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Medical Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
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.[1][2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Begum was born in Kishoreganj in 1946.[3] Her father, Israil Mian, was a lawyer. She graduated from the Holy Cross College, Dhaka. She completed her MBBS from Dhaka Medical College. She has two sisters and a brother, Major Abu Taher Mohammad Haider.[2]
Career
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Begum was commissioned in the Medical Corps of the Pakistan Army in 1970 as a lieutenant. She was stationed in Comilla Cantonment along with her brother. After the start of Bangladesh Liberation war, she and her parents moved from Kishorganj to Meghalaya with the aid of Mukti Bahini members.
Captain Dr. Sitara was the Commanding Officer of the hospital known as the Bangladesh Field Hospital, with almost 400 beds under Sector 2 in 1971. The hospital catered to Bengali patients, wounded freedom fighters, and also members of the Indian army who sought medical aid at the centre.
She returned to Dhaka after the independence of Bangladesh.[2][4]
Begum left Bangladesh after her brother was killed in the 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état and settled in the United States.[2]
See also
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Mukti Bahini personnel
- Women in the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Bangladeshi women physicians
- Pakistani military doctors
- Recipients of the Bir Protik
- Holy Cross College, Dhaka alumni
- Dhaka Medical College alumni
- People from Kishoreganj District
- Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States
- Pakistani female military officers