Abu Taher
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Abu Taher
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 November 1938 Badarpur, Assam, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 21 July 1976 (aged 37) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality |
Bangladeshi 
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| Political party | Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal |
| Alma mater |
Murari Chand College Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Military officer |
| Awards | Bir Uttom |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Bangladesh Pakistan (before 1971) |
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army Bangladesh Army
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| Years of service | 1962–1971 (Pakistan) 1971-1972(Bangladesh) |
| Rank | Colonel |
Abu Taher (Bengali: আবু তাহের) (14 November 1938–21 July 1976) was a Bangladeshi military serviceman, decorated war hero, political activist and leader of the left wing Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.
He was responsible for an uprising which freed army chief General Ziaur Rahman After releasing Ziaur Rahman, he was found high treason and murder and executed. In 2011, a Bangladeshi court declared the execution illegal.
Abu Taher was born in Badarpur, Assam Province of British India on 14 November 1938. He is from Kazla village in Purbadhala in Netrokona District of Bangladesh which is his ancestral home. After completion of higher secondary school from Murari Chand College in Sylhet, Taher joined the Pakistani Army in September 1960 as an officer candidate.
Taher received his Commission in 1962 as a second lieutenant in the Pakistan Army. He joined the elite Pakistan Special Services Group (Commando Force) in 1965. Following his training, he participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 in the Sialkot sector of Kashmir. For his part, he received a war participation medal from the Pakistan Army. After the war, Taher took officers pre qualification course on guerrilla warfare at Fort Benning in the United States in 1969. He was posted to the Quetta Staff College, Pakistan in 1970.
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