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AMM Mohammad Aurangzeb Chowdhury
Aurangzeb Chowdhury (born 28 September 1959) is a former Four-star rank, four star admiral and the former chief of staff of the Bangladesh Navy. Prior that, he was the director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Early life and education Aurangzeb was born as Abu Mozaffar Mohiuddin Mohammed Aurangzeb Chowdhury on 28 September 1959 in Old Dhaka in then East Pakistan. He enlisted to Bangladesh Naval Academy on 1978 and received his commission into the executive branch as gunnery officer in 1980. Aurangzeb is a graduate of National Defence College (Bangladesh), National Defence College and Defence Services Command and Staff College (Bangladesh), Defence Services Command and Staff College. He is also an alumnus of Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) in Newport, Rhode Island, Newport, United States. Military career Aurangzeb commanded one warship, two offshore vessels, one large patrol craft, one naval base and the Chittagong naval area. He furthermore served as the commandant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral (Bangladesh)
Admiral () is a four-star commissioned naval flag officer rank in the Bangladesh Navy. It is the highest achieved rank in the Bangladesh Navy. Admiral ranks above the three-star rank of Vice Admiral. The rank is denoted as a full-fledged Admiral to extricate subordinate officers like Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral which are also flag officers. The rank was established in 2016, when Admiral M. Farid Habib was promoted to this rank. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) is the only officer awarded the rank. Insignia The badges of rank have a crossed sword and baton over four eight-pointed stars and the Shapla emblem above, on a golden shoulder board. The uniform code also has golden gorget patches with four stars which represents the four star rank. In accumulation to this, the double-breasted reefer jacket have four golden sleeve stripes consisting of a broad band with three narrower bands. Appointment and term length The position is appointed by the Prime Minister of The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo Hospitals
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited is an Indian multinational healthcare group headquartered in Chennai. It is the largest for-profit private hospital network in India, with a network of 71 owned and managed hospitals. Along with the eponymous hospital chain, the company also operates pharmacies, primary care and diagnostic centres, telehealth clinics, and digital healthcare services among others through its subsidiaries. The company was founded by Prathap C. Reddy in 1983 as the first corporate healthcare provider in India. Several of Apollo's hospitals have been among the first in India to receive international healthcare accreditation by the America-based Joint Commission International (JCI) as well as NABH accreditation. History Apollo Hospitals was founded by Prathap C. Reddy in 1983 as the first corporate health care in India. The first branch at Chennai was inaugurated by the then President of India Zail Singh. Apollo developed telemedicine services, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy
Marine Fisheries Academy (MFA) known as Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy (BMFA) is a government-run training institution in Bangladesh for cadets wishing to enter the fishing industry, merchant shipping and other related maritime industries. Established in 1973, it is the only national organization offering training for these professions. Marine Fisheries Academy is affiliated with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh (BSMRMU). Starting from the 39th batch, MFA offered four years (4 years) Bachelor of Science (Hons) under three different faculties. The courses are Bachelor of Science (Hons) Nautical Science, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Marine Engineering, and Bachelor of Science (Hons) Marine Fisheries Technology under BSMRMU. The Department of Shipping also issues a Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) to cadets of the Nautical Science and Marine Engineering departments. History After independence in 1971, there was a shortage of skilled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Marine Academy
Bangladesh Marine Academy is a regimental maritime training academy for the officer cadet of merchant navy, located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This academy develops and trains marine officer cadets for national & foreign flagged ships engaged in international voyages. After 2 years academic training and 1 year onboard training in ship as a trainee officer ( deck cadet/cadet engineer) and by passing promotional exam they become merchant marine officer of foreign and national ships of Bangladesh . It has a Partnering Relation with World Maritime University (WMU), Malmö, Sweden since 2019 (was a Branch of WMU since 1990 till 2019) and also has an affiliation for Bachelor of Maritime Science /Marine Engineering Degree course for the Pre-Sea Cadets with Bangladesh Maritime University, . Its training activity and education is recognized by IMO (UN), European Union (EMSA), British Merchant Navy The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and northeast of New York City. It is known as a New England summer resort and is famous for its historic Newport Mansions, mansions and its rich sailing history. The city has a population of about 25,000 residents. Newport hosted the first U.S. Open tournaments in both US Open (tennis), tennis and US Open (golf), golf, as well as every challenge to the America's Cup between 1930 and 1983. It is also the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport, which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and an important Navy training center. It was a major 18th-century port city and boasts many buildings from the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era. Newport is the county seat of Newport C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Services Command And Staff College (Bangladesh)
Defence Services Command and Staff College () is a government owned defense college that provides training to Bangladeshi military officers and is located in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The institute was established on 30 December 1977 with the support of British Military Advisory Team. The college is run by Bangladesh Armed forces. A British Military Advisory Team (BMAT) headed by a Chief Instructor, was the founding and driving force in running the training curriculum in the initial days of the college. The inaugural batch had 30 students from all the three services of Bangladesh Armed Forces and Bangladesh Police. The college ran short courses of six-month duration jointly for the three services for the first three years. In 1980, the course duration was increased to 10 months. That year, a separate Air Wing was also opened, and invitation to overseas students was started. Separate Naval Wing was opened in 1982. Since 1977, the course strength has been more than quad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Defence College (Bangladesh)
The National Defence College (abbreviated as NDC) is a self degree awarding state owned institution for the strategic training of civil and military officers and is located in the Mirpur Cantonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The college was established on 7 December 1996 and started its operations on 10 January 1999. Armed Forces War College Armed Forces War College was established in 2001 under the National Defence College. It is headed by the Commandant of the National Defence College. Notable alumni * Lieutenant general Tukur Yusuf Buratai the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army (2015–2021). * Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler VM, Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force. * Colonel Ismaon Zainie, Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Headquarters of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces * Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Naval Academy
The Bangladesh Naval Academy is a military academy for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Navy. It is situated at the mouth of the Karnaphuli river at Patenga, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Naval Academy is a reputed military academy for naval training in South Asia. It was established in 1976 at the premises of the Mercantile Marine Academy at Juludia, Chittagong, later shifted to BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong to train the cadets of the Bangladesh Navy. The academy shifted to its present location in 1988. Yuri V Redkin, a Soviet Union navy sailor who died clearing mines left from the Bangladesh Liberation War in Chittagong port, is buried here. The military academy was opened by the initiative of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The academy was officially commissioned on 2 June 1988 and started functioning independently in the picturesque site of Patenga just at the river mouth of Karnaphuli. Inspired by its motto 'Fight in the way of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Navy today is typically categorized as a Green-water navy both domestically and internationally. History Origins The Bangladesh Navy was created as part of Bangladesh Forces during Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Its official creation date is July 1971 during the Bangladesh Sector Commanders Conference 1971. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a brutal military crackdown in East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War was already underway. Many Bengali sailors and officers in the Pakistan Navy defected to form the nascent Bangladesh Navy. Initially, there were two ships, ''PADMA'' and ''PALASH'', and 45 navy personnel. On 9 November 1971, the first naval fleet, consisting of six small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
