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Golaidanga Village Liberation War Goliadanga village (coordinates: 23°45'28"N 90°5'57"E) is a small rural village in Bangladesh, located at Balodhara Union in Singair Upazila under Manikgonj District. Goliadanga is a historical place and well-known for the liberation war, which took place on the Nurani-ganga river bank in 1971 between Mukti Bhahini (Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters) and the Pakistani military. Under the leadership of Captain Abdul Halim Chowdhury, the freedom-loving people of Manikganj prepared to resist the Pakistani army in March 1971. The well-known Golaidanga Village Liberation War took place on 28 October 1971. Eighty-two Pak soldiers were killed and 50 others held with injuries in a fierce battle with freedom fighters led by engineer Tobarak Hossain Ludu, Lokman Hakim and Zahidur Rahman at Golaidanga village in Singair Upazila. According to the freedom fighter Lokman Hossain, “We took position at Golaidanga around 7.00 am on 28 October 1971 as Kismot Munshi of Paril village informed us that the Pak soldiers were coming by seven boats. As soon as they came close, we fired on them and 83 Pak soldiers drowned in the river. We later recovered 54 arms including LMG, Chinese rifle, mortar shell etc. from the spot. Zahidur Rahman, Pannu, Yakub, Tobarak Hossain Ludu, Wazed, Lutfar, Mahadev, Bhabesh, Maznu, Zahangir, Ginu and a few other freedom fighters were with me. In the evening, the occupation forces come to the spot with helicopter. They recovered the bodies and took them to Dhaka”. (MUKTIJUDDHA LOKMAN HOSSAIN)