History of war of liberation

Gaibandha was under Sector 11

Area - Mymensingh District and Tangail District along with parts of Rangpur District, Gaibandha District, Ulipur Upazila|Ulipur, Kamalpur and Chilmari Upazila.
Sector HQ - Teldhala, transferred to Mahendraganj October 10th 1971.

Sector Commanders

1.Major Ziaur Rahman (June 27th '71 - Oct 10th '71)
2. Major Abu Taher (Oct 10 - Nov 2nd '71) suffered a mine blast injury. Service discharged by medical board - Nov 14th '71 in Pune, India, due to leg amputation. Temporarily reinstated BD Army Spring 1972*
3.Squadron Leader M. Hamidullah Khan (Nov 2nd '71 - Feb 14th '72)

Sub-Sectors and Commanders

1.Mankarchar (Squadron Leader M.Hamidullah Khan);
2.Mahendraganj (Major Abu Taher; Lieutenant Mannan);
3.Purakhasia (Lieutenant Hashem);
4.Dhalu (Lieutenant Taher; Lieutenant Kamal);
5.Rangra (Matiur Rahman)
6.Shivabari (divided between junior commissioned officers of the EPR);
7.Bagmara (divided between junior commissioned officers of the EPR); and
8.Maheshkhola (a member of the EPR).

History of Gaibandha district

History:This region was a part of the Mourya, Pala, Gupta and Kamarupa kingdoms at different times. Movement was held in 1783 in this district against collection of excess taxes. Anti British movement (1921) and tebhaga movement (1946) were initiated in the district. Fayezuddin and Puti Sheikh were killed by Police firing in 1949 in a movement to stop collection of tolls at hats and bazars. A Peasant Convention was held at Fulchhari in 1956 under the leadership of maulana abdul hamid khan bhasani.
Marks of War of Liberation mass killing site 3, mass grave 3, memorial monument 2.

Map of Gaibandha District