UK Ching
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Pakistan (Before 1971)
BangladeshUK Ching Marma | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ইউ. কে. চিং মারমা |
| Died | 25 July 2014 (aged 86) |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Allegiance | Pakistan (Before 1971) Bangladesh |
| Branch |  East Pakistan Rifles |
| Service years | 1952 - 1982 |
| Conflicts | Bangladesh Liberation War |
| Awards | Bir Bikrom |
UK Ching (1937 - 25 July 2014) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter, who was awarded the Bir Bikrom in 1971 for his military services in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] Ching was born in 1937 into poverty in a Marma family of Chittagong Hill Tracts (now in Bangladesh) of British India. At the age of 15, Ching joined the East Pakistan Rifles, better known as the Bangladesh Rifles during the modern age (Now BGB- Border Guards Bangladesh). He served Mukti Bahini in the Bangladesh liberation war and remained an active member of the Bangladesh Rifles until 1982.[2]
As a member of the East Pakistan Rifles, he fought in Sector 6 during Bangladesh's Liberation War. UK Ching joined the East Pakistan Rifles in 1952 at the age of 19. On 25 March 1971, he was serving as a nayek (corporal) at the Hatibandha Border Outpost (BOP) in Rangpur district. At that post, he killed one Bihari officer and two Punjabi soldiers, then joined the war effort with the remaining nine Bengali EPR soldiers stationed there.[3][4]
UK Ching Marma participated in several successful operations against the Pakistani forces. One of them was the Kauwahaga Hat Operation. The operation was conducted under the single leadership of UK Ching.[3][5]