Nur Mohammad Majar, Jessore
Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh was born on 26 February 1936 in the village of Maheshkhola in Chandikpur, Narail district. Nur Mohammad's father's name was Mohammad Amanat Sheikh and his mother's name was Jennatunnesa Nur Mohammad, the son of a farmer father, had a keen interest in various cultural activities, such as the song theater.
Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh was born on 26 February 1936 in the village of Maheshkhola in Chandikpur, Narail district. Nur Mohammad's father's name was Mohammad Amanat Sheikh and his mother's name was Jennatunnesa Nur Mohammad, the son of a farmer father, had a keen interest in various cultural activities, such as the song theater. He joined the East Pakistan Rifles on 14 March 1959. After transferring Nur Mohammad from Dinajpur to Jessore sector on 10 July 1980, he was promoted to the post of Lance Naik. Then in 1971 he participated in the war of liberation from Sector 7.
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On 5 September 1971, during the standing patrol of Nur Mohammad and 4 others at Goalhati village in Jessore district, at around 9.30 am, Pakistani forces suddenly surrounded the patrol from three directions and started firing. At one stage of the retaliatory firing of the freedom fighters, sepoy Nannu Mia was shot and fell to the ground. When Nur Mohammad took Nannu Mia on his shoulder and started firing randomly with LMG, the enemy was forced to retreat. Suddenly a mortar shell hit Nur Mohammad's right shoulder. Yet he was desperate to save the injured Nannu Mia. With his LMG sepoy Mostafa in hand, Nannu asked Mia to leave safely. In an effort to save the lives of his comrades, Mostafa decided to stop the enemy with a rifle. Although his comrades were safe, his body was recovered from a bush near the battlefield and buried at Kashipur village in Jessore.How to get there
You can reach Jessore by road, rail and air from the capital Dhaka. From Jessore district headquarters, you can take a bus, private car or auto to reach Dehi Union in SharshaUpazila and take a rickshaw to the shrine of Birshreshtha Nur Mohammad. If you want to break down, you have to go from Kamarbari stand on Sharsha Road to Kashipur via Laguna. A little further from Kashipur stand, two minutes ahead on the left-hand side, you will see the tomb. Jessore by bus from Dhaka: There are opportunities to travel to Jessore by road, rail and air from the capital Dhaka. Several AC and non-AC buses of Sohag, Green Line, Shyamoli and Eagle Transport from Kalyanpur, Gabtali and Kalabagan in Dhaka leave for Jessore. In Manvede, the fare for non-AC bus to Jessore is 350 to 500 takas and the fare for AC bus is 800 to 1000 takas. By train from Dhaka to Jessore: The intercity Sundarbans Express train departs from Dhaka's Kamalapur railway station at 7.20 am 7 days a week, except Saturdays. Another intercity train called Chitra Express leaves for Jessore at 7 pm 6 days a week except Mondays. Tickets for these trains range in price from 350 to 1280 takas.
Where to stay and eat
Among the residential hotels in Jessore city are Hotel City Plaza International, Hotel Hasan International, Jabir International Hotel, Hotel RS International, Hotel Shams International etc. Besides, there are several government rest houses and several more quality hotels in Jessore for overnight stays. Jessore's famous Jamtala sweets, date molasses para sandesh and wet cake are a must try. You can also eat kebab, fry, chap or luchi from the ‘Johnny Kebab’ at the Four Pillar Bend. If you have time, you can try Malay tea at Dharmatala and the famous Chui Jhal food of Chuk Nagar.
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Contributor: Tonmoy Ahmed
Information Collected from: Facebook, Jessore.gov.bd
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