মুক্তিযুদ্ধের বিভিন্ন বাহিনীর নাম ও ধরণ | Types of freedom fighters
From the next day we began discussing the war. Inter-sector boundaries were worked out defining clearly the areas of operational responsibility. Requirements of the forces were worked out after detailed discussions. The liberation forces were divided into the following groups: Regular army battalions. The few existing battalions formed the nucleus of the Bangladesh Army. The battalions were under-strength in all respects. This deficiency was met by drawing manpower from every sector. These were then formed into brigade groups and nicknamed K Force, S Force and Z Force. Sector troops. EPR, Police and army personnel not absorbed into the battalions were formed into units and sub-units to fight in their respective sectors. Sector troops had to have lesser firepower as compared to the regular battalions. Groups 1 and 2 were popularly known as Mukti Fouz (MF), Mukti Bahini or the regulars and were subjected army rules and regulations. They were entitled to a reasonable sum of money as subsistence allowance although they did not receive any pay. Officially they were termed Niyomito Bahini. Irregulars or Freedom Fighters (FF). People trained to fight the enemy in an unconventional manner were known as Freedom Fighters and officialy termed irregulars or Gono Bahini. They did not come under any army rules or regulations and a visible lack of discipline in many cases was characteristic of this group. However, we did not expect anything better and it was assumed that a long and hard struggle would automatically inculcate self-discipline into them. They were popularly known as guerrillas.
The irregulars were entitled to neither pay nor any subsistence allowance. After training, when they were sent into Bangladesh they were paid some money to meet their expenses en route. This was known as induction money. Based on the estimated strength and organisation of regulars (MF) and irregulars (FF) we worked out the detailed requirements of clothing, ration, arms and ammunition, wireless and telephone sets, compasses and binoculars. A consolidated list of all essential stores was prepared by us sectorwise and submitted to the government. Our government had to procure those items from the Government of India.
Reference:
A Tale of Millions – Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 – Major M. Rafiqul Islam