Shirin Banu Mitil | Bangladesh on Record

July 7, 2020

Shirin Banu Mitil

Freedom fighter and political activist. In 1971, Shirin Banu Mitil was a thin girl with short hair, but had no shortage of spirit to liberate the country from the claws of Pakistan. She in her 20s disguised herself as a man to fight against the Pakistan army. In independent Bangladesh, she worked to establish the rights of common people throughout until she left the world at the age of 65.

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Shirin Banu Mitil at her daughter's wedding. 2012. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil and Masudur Rahaman at their wedding ceremony. 1974. Moscow, Soviet Union. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil with her first born, Joya. Moscow, Russia. 1975 Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil with her first child. Moscow, Soviet Union. 1975. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil with her sister Sarah Banu (immediate left) and friends. Moscow, Soviet Union, 1973. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil disguised herself as a boy to join the freedom fighters in 1971. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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With daughter Joya and son Tahsin at a family picnic. Dhaka, 1983. Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil with her Parents and siblings. 1963 Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil's dead body was kept at the Central Shaheed Minar where people from all walks of life paid their last respect to the freedom fighter. 22 July, 2016 .Courtesy: Tonny Nowshin
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Shirin Banu Mitil during her Master's thesis defense. She did MA in anthropology from People's Friendship University, Moscow, Soviet Union. 1979. Courtesy: Tonny Noushin