Atiqur Rahman

Bangladeshi army chief (1931–2023)

For the Bangladeshi physician, see Atiqur Rahman (doctor).

Lieutenant General (Retd.)

M. Atiqur Rahman

6th Chief of Army Staff
In office
1 September 1986 – 31 August 1990
Preceded by| Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Succeeded by| Nuruddin Khan
4th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
In office
15 December 1977 – 30 June 1982
Preceded by| Quazi Golam Dastgir
Succeeded by| R. A. M. Golam Muktadir
Personal details
Born| (1931-09-01)1 September 1931
Murshidabad, Bengal, British India
Died| 20 December 2023(2023-12-20) (aged 92)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality| Bangladeshi
Military service
Allegiance|  Bangladesh
Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service|  Bangladesh Rifles
Bangladesh Army
Pakistan Army
Years of service| 1954-1990
Rank|  Lieutenant General

Unit| Regiment of Artillery
Commands|

* Commander of 69th Infantry Brigade
* GOC of 33rd Infantry Division
* DG of Bangladesh Rifles
* 7th Chief of Army Staff

Battles/wars| Bangladesh Liberation War (As P.O.W.)
Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict
1982 coup d'état

M. Atiqur Rahman (1 September 1931 – 20 December 2023) was a lieutenant general and Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff from 1986 to 1990.

## Early life[edit]

M. Atiqur Rahman studied at Union Academy, Delhi. He attended Gordon College, Rawalpindi.

## Military career[edit]

Atiqur Rahman was commissioned in 1954 in the Pakistan Army's artillery regiment.

Rahman did not join the Bangladesh Liberation War, as he was held as a prisoner of war (POW). He returned from Pakistan in 1974 and was allowed to join the Bangladesh Army. He was the second returned Pakistan officer to become Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff after Ershad.

During the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he was a colonel and later a brigade commander of Chittagong.

Rahman served as director general of the Bangladesh Rifles (now the Bangladesh Border Guard) from 1977 to 1982.[1]

Rahman being the senior most major general Ershad promoted M Atiqur him to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed him as Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army on 1 September 1986.[2]

Rahman retired from the Bangladesh Army with full military honours in August 1990. He was succeeded by Nuruddin Khan as appointed by President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

## Later life and death[edit]

After retirement General Atiqur Rahman stayed away from public eye and did not pursue a political career.

Atiqur Rahman died from a heart attack in Dhaka, on 20 December 2023, at the age of 92.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ". www.bgb.gov.bd. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
2. ^ The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal. West of England Press. 1988. p. 323.
3. ^ Bangladesh Army condoles death of ex-army chief Atiqur Rahman