S. R. Mirza
S. R. Mirza is a retired wing commander of the Pakistan Air Force and an official of the Mujibnagar government during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He commanded the youth camp, which trained recruits for the Mukti Bahini.
Early life
Mirza was born into a well-known political family in Thakurgaon District.Career
Mirza was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force in 1950. He retired as a wing commander of the Pakistan Air Force in 1969. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was the director general of the youth camp where Mukti Bahini officers were trained in India. He was unaware of the training for Mujib Bahini recruits, which India's Research and Analysis Wing handled. On India's role, he said, "Indian war strategy was carefully thought out and planned. Many military experts consider that the 1971 war was one of the biggest and best-planned in the history of warfare."After the independence of Bangladesh, Mirza served as the first chief of the Department of Civil Aviation. He reconstructed seven airports in Bangladesh that were damaged during the war.