Bir Sreshtho

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Bir Sreshtho
বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ
Awarded by Bangladesh
Type	Medal
Awarded for	Bravery Dedication of Life to Save the Mother Land
Status	Awarded by the Bangladesh Gazette 15 December, 1973
Description	Bir Sreshtho (বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ) (The Most Valiant Hero)
Statistics
Established	1971
First awarded	15 December, 1973
Last awarded	15 December, 1973
Total awarded	7
Posthumous awards	7
Distinct recipients	7 Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh Liberation War
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Same	None
Individual equivalent	7
Next (lower)	Bir Uttom

The Bir Sreshtho (Bengali: বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ) (The Most Valiant Hero) is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. They are considered martyrs.

The other three gallantry awards are named, in decreasing order of importance, Bir Uttom, Bir Bikrom and Bir Protik. All of these awards were introduced immediately after the Liberation War in 1971.

1 Recipients
2 Reference
3 See Also
4 External links

[edit] Recipients

All the recipients of this award were killed during the Liberation War of 1971.Award was declare by the Bangladesh Gazette 15 December,1973.

[edit] Bangladesh Army

Serial No.	ID Number & Rank	Name
1	BSS-10439 Captain	Mohiuddin Jahangir (Shaheed)
2	3943014 Sepoy	Hamidur Rahman (Shaheed)
3	3937798 Sepoy	Mostafa Kamal ( Shaheed)

[edit] Bangladesh Navy

Serial No.	ID Number & Rank	Name
4	62066 Engineroom Artificer, Class-1	Mohammad Ruhul Amin ( Shaheed)

[edit] Bangladesh Air Force

Serial No.	ID Number & Rank	Name
5	Pak/4367 Flight Lieutenant	Matiur Rahman ( Shaheed)

[edit] Bangladesh Rifles

Serial No.	ID Number & Rank	Name
6	Lance Naik	Munshi Abdur Rouf (EB-R, Shaheed)
7	9459 Lance Naik	Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh (Shaheed)

Note: When referring to martyrs, the word 'shaheed' is often put before each individuals name as a mark of respect. The list has been prepared as on the declaration by the Bangladesh Gazette^[1].