Bir Uttom

Bir Uttom
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Awarded by Bangladesh
Type	Medal
Eligibility	2nd Highest Gallantry Award of Bangladesh
Awarded for	Brave warrior of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971
Status	15 December 1973
Description	The second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh
Statistics
Established	1973
First awarded	15 December 1973
Last awarded	15 December 1973
Total awarded	69
Posthumous awards	22
Distinct recipients	69
Precedence
Next (higher)	Bir Shrestho
Next (lower)	Bir Bikrom

Bir Uttom (Bengali: বীর উত্তম; literally, "Great Valiant Hero" in Bengali), is the second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh after the Bir Sreshtho and the highest gallantry award for a 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 68 people have been rewarded for their bravery and dedication in the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.

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 killers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during a military coup 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	B.A.-5115	Major	Ziaur Rahman
02	B.R.R.-1550	Lieutenant Colonel	Md. A. Rob, M.N.A.
03	B.A.-5121	Major	K. M. Shafiullah
04	B.A.-3613	Major	Chitta Ranjan Dutta
05	B.A.-2215	Major	Quazi Nuruzzaman
06	B.A.-5512	Major	Mir Shawkat Ali
07	B.A.-5553	Major	Khaled Mosharraf
08	B.A.-6030	Major	Abul Manzur
09	B. A.-6472	Major	Abu Taher
10	B.A.-182	Major	A.J.M Aminul Haque
11	B.A.-6286	Captain	A. N. M. Nuruzzaman
12	B.A.-7210	Captain	Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
13	B.S.S.-7704	Captain	Abdus Salek Choudhury
14	B.A.-7335	Major	Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
15	-	Leader Gonobahini	Khaja Nazimuddin (Shaheed)
16	B.A.-7942	Captain	Harun Ahmed Choudhury
17	B.S.S.-8544	Major	A.T.M. Haider
18	B.S.S.-10012	Captain	M.A. Gaffar Haldar
19	B.A.-10170	Major	Shariful Haque
20	B.A.-11521	Captain	Mohammad Shahjahan
21	B.A.-11562	Captain	Mahbubur Rahman
22	B.A.-6489	Major	Mohammad Ziauddin
23	B.A.-10561	Captain	Aftab Kader
24	B.A.-11038	Captain	Mahbubur Rahman (Shaheed)
25	-	Captain (2-E.Bengal)	Salah Uddin Momtaz (Posthumously)
26	B.A.-10244	Captain (2-E.Bengal)	Mohammad Azizur Rahman
27	N.Y.A.	Lieutenant (8-E. Bengal)	S. M. Imadul Haque (Shaheed)
28	N.Y.A.	2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal)	Muhammad Anwar Hossain (Shaheed)
29	S.S.-33	2nd Lieutenant(1-E Bengal)	Abu Moyeen Mohammad Samad (Shaheed)
30	B.J.O.-26507	Subedar (3-East Bengal)	Aftab Ali
31	B.J.O.-3932129	Subedar	Fayez Ahmed
32	B.J.O.-3933821	Naib Subedar	Belayet Ahmed (Shaheed)
33	B.J.O.-3933525	Naib Subedar	Moinul Hossain (Shaheed)
34	N.Y.A.	Naib Subedar (3-East Bengal)	Habibur Rahman
35	3931908	Havildar	Md. Shah Alam (Shaheed)
36	3940899	Havildar	Nurul Amin
37	1240160	Havildar	Nasir Uddin (Shaheed)
38	3937853	Naik	Abdul Mannan (Shaheed)
39	3937853	Lance Naik	Abdul Latif (Shaheed)
40	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
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
598987	620316	A-B	Mohammed Sirajul Moula
55	67981	Sub/Lt.	Abdul Wahid Choudhury
56	0230	Sub/Lt.	Matiur Rahman
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	A K Khandker
59	B.D. -3733	Wing Commander	M. K. Basar
60	4295	Squadron Leader	Sultan Mahmud
61	4921	Flight Lieutenant	Samsul Alam
62	4974	Flight Lieutenant	Badrul Alam
63	5121	Flying Officer	Liakat Ali Khan

Gonobahini

Sl. no.	ID no.	Rank (At the time of award)	NAME
64	-	Captain	Shahabuddin
65	-	Captain	Akram
66	-	Captain	Sharfuddin
67	-	H. 2nd Lt.	M H Siddiqui
68	-	-	Abdul Kader Siddiqui

Post 1971

Sl. no.	ID no.	Rank (At the time of award)	NAME
69	-	Brigadier General (Posthumous)	Jamil Uddin Ahmad

See also

• Bir Shreshtho
• Bir Bikram
• Bir Protik