List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War
List of sectors and subsectors

List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War

Section Title: List of sectors and subsectors
Table Section Text: None

Sectors of Bangladesh Liberation War

Sector	Area	Sector Commander	Sub Sectors (Commanders)

1	Chittagong District, Chittagong Hill Tracts, and the entire eastern area of the Noakhali District on the banks of the river Muhuri.	Major Ziaur Rahman (April 10, 1971 – May 15, 1971) Captain Rafiqul Islam (June 10, 1971 – April 6, 1972)	Rishimukh (Captain Shamsul Islam); Sreenagar (Captain Matiur Rahman, Captain Mahfuzur Rahman); Manughat (Captain Mahfuzur Rahman); Tabalchhari (Sergeant Ali Hossain); and Dimagiri (Army Sergeant, name unknown to date).

2	Districts of Dhaka, Comilla, and Faridpur, and part of Noakhali District.The headquarters of the sector was at Melaghar	Major Khaled Mosharraf (April 10, 1971 – September 22, 1971) Major ATM Haider (Sector Commander September 22, 1971 – April 6, 1972)	Gangasagar, Akhaura and Kasba (Mahbub, Lieutenant Farooq, and Lieutenant Humayun Kabir); Mandabhav (Captain Abdul Hamid); Shalda-nadi (Mahmud Hasan); Matinagar (Lieutenant Didarul Alam); Nirbhoypur (Captain Akbar, Lieutenant Mahbub); Rajnagar (Captain Jafar Imam, Captain Shahid, and Lieutenant Imamuzzaman)and Nagarkandha (Sayed Abdul Halim)

3	Area between Churaman Kathi (near Sreemangal) and Sylhet in the north and Singerbil of Brahmanbaria in the south.	Major K. M.	Asrambari (Captain Aziz, Captain Ejaz); Baghaibari (Captain Aziz, Captain Ejaz); Hatkata (Captain Matiur Rahman); Simla (Captain Matin); Panchabati (Captain Nasim); Mantala (Captain MSA Bhuyan); Vijoynagar (Captain MSA Bhuyan); Kalachhora (Lieutenant Majumdar); Kalkalia (Lieutenant Golam Helal Morshed); and Bamutia (Lieutenant Sayeed)

4	Area from Habiganj District on the north to Kanaighat Police Station on the south along the 100 mile long border with India.	Major Chitta Ranjan Dutta (April 10, 1971 – April 6, 1972) Captain A Rob	Jalalpur (Mahbubur Rob Sadi); Barapunji (Captain A Rab & Lieutenant Amirul Haque Chowdhury); Amlasid (Lieutenant Zahir); Kukital (Flight Lieutenant Kader, Captain Shariful Haq); Kailas Shahar (Lieutenant Wakiuzzaman); and Subedar Major ( Asst Director) Fazlul Haque Chowdhury EX EPR(from April'71 - August '71) Kamalpur (Captain Enam)

5	Area from Durgapur to Dawki (Tamabil) of Sylhet District and the entire area up to the eastern borders of the district.	Major Mir Shawkat Ali (April 10, 1971 – April 6tb, 1972)	Muktapur (Captain Qazi Faruq Ahmed, Subsector Commander, 16 June 1971 till 1 February 1972; Subedar Mujibur Rahman, Second in Command; Nayeb Subedar Nazir Hussain, Admin in charge(non-combatant)) Dawki (Subedar Major BR Chowdhury, (non-combatant)); Shela (Captain Helal); Bholaganj (Lieutenant Taheruddin Akhunji); Balat (Sergeant Ghani, Captain Salahuddin and Enamul Haq Chowdhury); and Barachhara (Captain Muslim Uddin).

6	Rangpur District and part of Dinajpur District. The headquarters of the sector was at Burimari near Patgram.	Wing Commander M Khademul Bashar (April 10, 1971 – April 6, 1972)	Bhajanpur (Captain Nazrul, Flight Lieutenant Sadruddin and Captain Shahriyar); Patgram (initially divided between junior commissioned officers of the EPR and later taken hold by Captain Matiur Rahman); Sahebganj (Captain Nawazesh Uddin); Phulbari, Kurigram (Captain Abul Hossain) Mogalhat (Captain Delwar); and Chilahati (Flight Lieutenant Iqbal)

7	Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogra and part of Dinajpur District. The headquarters of the sector was at Tarangpur near Kaliaganj.	Major Nazmul Huq (April 10 – September 27, 1971) Major Quazi nooruzzaman (September 30 – April 6, 1972) Subedar Major A Rab	Malan (initially divided between junior commissioned officers and later taken hold by Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir); Tapan (Major Nazmul Huq, also commanded by commanding officers of the EPR); Mehdipur (Subedar Iliyas, Captain Mahiuddin Jahangir); Hamzapur (Captain Idris); Anginabad (unnamed freedom fighter); Sheikhpara (Captain Rashid); Thokrabari (Subedar Muazzam); and Lalgola (Captain Gheyasuddin Chowdhury).

8	In April 1971, the operational area of the sector comprised the districts of Kushtia, Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, Faridpur and Patuakhali. At the end of May the sector was reconstituted and comprised the districts of Kuhstia, Jessore, Khulna, Satkhira and the northern part of Faridpur district.	Major Abu Osman Chowdhury (April 10 – July 17, 1971) Major Abul Manzoor (August 14, 1971 – April 6, 1972)	Boyra (Captain Khondakar Nazmul Huda); Hakimpur (Captain Shafiq Ullah); Bhomra (Captain Salahuddin, Captain Shahabuddin); Lalbazar (Captain AR Azam Chowdhury); Banpur (Captain Mostafizur Rahman); Benapole (Captain Abdul Halim, Captain Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury); and Shikarpur (Captain Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Lieutenant Jahangir).

9	Barisal, Patuakhali, and parts of the district of Khulna and Faridpur.The headquarters of the sector was at Hasnabad	Major M. A. Jalil (July 17 – December 24, 1971) Major MA Manzur Major Joynal Abedin	Barisal (Assistant Adjutant of Ansar & VDP Mr.Fakir Abdul Mazed); Potuakhali (Abdus Salam Mia) ; and Shamshernagar.

10	This sector was constituted with the naval commandos.	Commander HQ BD Forces (December 3–16, 1971)	None.

11	Mymensingh and Tangail along with parts of Rangpur - Gaibandha, Ulipur, Kamalpur and Chilmari. The headquarters of the sector was at Teldhala until October 10, then transferred to Mahendraganj.	Major Ziaur Rahman (June 26, 1971 – October 10, 1971); Major Abu Taher (October 10, 1971 – November 2, 1971(injured from mine sharpnel); Squadron Leader M.	Mankarchar (Flight Lt. M.

Sentence(s)

Rahman was Commander of Sector 1 and Commander of Sector 11 of Bangladesh from June.

final_sentence: Rahman was Commander of Sector 1 and Commander of Sector 11 of Bangladesh from June.