"Major General Khaled Mosharraf" Sector Commander of Bangladeshi Mukti Bahini (Sector-2) and K-Force Brigade Commander during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. (1971) Photographer- Marilyn Silverstone. Major General Khaled Mosharraf (Bengali: খালেদ মোশাররফ) (1938 – November 7, 1975) was a Bangladeshi military officer who was the Sector Commander of Bangladesh Forces Sector 2 and K-Force Brigade Commander during the Bangladesh War of Liberation. He was awarded Bir Uttam for his gallantry actions during the war. Although he suffered a bullet injury to his frontal skeleton, he recovered and remained in command of BDF Sector 2. On November 3, 1975, Khaled Musharraf led a military coup against the politicians and military officers who had seized power in Bangladesh in 1975, but during the military uprising on November 7, he was himself overthrown and assassinated.
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