Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain
Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Air Staff | |
| In office 9 December 1977 – July 1981 | |
| President | Ziaur Rahman Abdus Sattar |
| Preceded by | Abdul Gafoor Mahmud |
| Personal details | |
Awards | Bir Protik |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Bangladesh Air Force |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain, Bir Protik is a retired air vice marshal and former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force.[1] He participated in Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Protik for it.[2]
On 8 December 1977, Air Vice Marshal A. G. Mahmud was retired. Sadruddin was promoted to air commodore and succeeded Mahmud as chief of air staff.[3] According to political scientist Asish K. Roy, the replacement irritated other senior air force officers, and 11 of them resigned.[4]
By February 1979, Sadruddin had been promoted to air vice marshal.[5]
Sadruddin was still chief of air staff in June 1981, when Major General Abul Manzoor surrendered to police after the assassination of President Ziaur Rahman. Sadruddin argued to President Abdus Sattar and the army chief, General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, that Manzoor should not be handed over to the army. Meanwhile, the army seized Manzoor.[6] He died in their custody in unexplained circumstances. Sadruddin was swiftly removed from command.[7] Sadruddin said that he resigned from the post of chief of air staff in July 1981 because he disagreed with the imposition of martial law in the aftermath of the assassination of Ziaur Rahman.[8]
References
- ↑ Link. United India Periodicals. 1981. p. 85. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh Air Force".
- ↑ Sinha, P. B. (1979). Armed Forces of Bangladesh. The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. p. 7. OCLC 7731525.
- ↑ Roy, Asish K. (2002). Praetorian Politics in Bangladesh: 1975-1981. Progressive Publishers. p. 81. OCLC 50560650.
- ↑ Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Tripathi, Salil (2016). The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy. Yale University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-300-22102-2.
- ↑ Khan, Zillur Rahman (1983). Leadership in the Least Developed Nation: Bangladesh. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. p. 181. ISBN 0-915984-85-7.
- ↑ "Ex-air chief suggests dissolution of present govt". IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean: 542. November 1984.