Bangladesh Army

[Bilal9]

Bangladesh Army Para-Troopers preparing for HALO/HAHO Para-Jump without Night Vision Goggles at night. Image credits: BD Defence.

 

[Bilal9]

Two female officers of Bangladesh Air Force were commissioned as combat pilots at BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Two female officers of Bangladesh Air Force were commissioned as combat pilots at BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore.

Combat pilots flying helicopters? :o

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Is this for real

 

[BDforever]

View attachment 364181

Is this for real

yes, why ?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

yes, why ?

That's a badly made panjabi turban (do Bengalis wear turbans)..

And too colourful... Also what flag is that?

And which service does he belong to?

 

[Michael Corleone]

That's a badly made panjabi turban (do Bengalis wear turbans)..
View attachment 364206
And too colourful... Also what flag is that?

And which service does he belong to?

The turban? Yeah I agree
That's the flag of their cavalry I believe...
Belongs to the army. You can see the logo of swords

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

The turban? Yeah I agree
That's the flag of their cavalry I believe...
Belongs to the army. You can see the logo of swords

Do Bengalis wear turbans though ?

 

[TopCat]

Do Bengalis wear turbans though ?

This is a historical dress dating back to the tradition of British Indian Army and a ceremonial dress to show the heritage. Whats the issue here?
No we don't wear this kind of dress except for the groom in the wedding.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

This is a historical dress dating back to the tradition of British Indian Army and a ceremonial dress to show the heritage. Whats the issue here?
No we don't wear this kind of dress except for the groom in the wedding.

No actually British troops wore their indigenous head gear.. The Sikhs wore their own . The Panjabi Muslims wore Pug (as above).. The Pashtuns wore patkay,Baluch wore Dashtar etc..

So seeing Bangladeshi soldier wear a Panjabi musalman pug is rather weird ..lol

 

[Michael Corleone]

That's a badly made panjabi turban (do Bengalis wear turbans)..
View attachment 364206
And too colourful... Also what flag is that?

And which service does he belong to?

The turban? Yeah I agree
That's the flag of their cavalry I believe...
Belongs to the army. You can see the logo of swords

Do Bengalis wear turbans though ?

Special occasions like weddings.
And no we don't wear turbans as huge as y'all. That's he difference.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

This is a historical dress dating back to the tradition of British Indian Army and a ceremonial dress to show the heritage. Whats the issue here?
No we don't wear this kind of dress except for the groom in the wedding.

And since Bangladesh army formed out of Pakistan army .. Despite you guys wearing Pakistani turban styles... I'd thought yours would be similar to Pak presidential guards.. Below is a Cavalry Honor guard;

 

[Michael Corleone]

And since Bangladesh army formed out of Pakistan army .. Despite you guys wearing Pakistani turban styles... I'd thought yours would be similar to Pak presidential guards.. Below is a Cavalry Honor guard;


View attachment 364243 View attachment 364244 View attachment 364245 View attachment 364246 View attachment 364247 View attachment 364248

Quite a lot has changed. Things that were similar changed years back. Like police uniform... the army uniform etc etc.

 

[BDforever]

No actually British troops wore their indigenous head gear.. The Sikhs wore their own . The Panjabi Muslims wore Pug (as above).. The Pashtuns wore patkay,Baluch wore Dashtar etc..

So seeing Bangladeshi soldier wear a Panjabi musalman pug is rather weird ..lol

 

[Bilal9]

No actually British troops wore their indigenous head gear.. The Sikhs wore their own . The Panjabi Muslims wore Pug (as above).. The Pashtuns wore patkay,Baluch wore Dashtar etc..

So seeing Bangladeshi soldier wear a Panjabi musalman pug is rather weird ..lol

Wearing Pugrees in the army by various North Indian tribes (including Pashtuns, Punjabis) was started by the British that has been continued by various Armies in the subcontinent including that of Bangladesh. Pakistan Army did not itself 'donate' Pugree tradition to Bangladesh army divisions. I don't know where you got that impression.

The Pakistani Army Pugree dress was inherited from British Army practice of it starting around the time of Sepoy Mutiny onward (1857 to present). That said - modern armies in the subcontinent should give up wearing this sort of thing as this tradition is one of subservience, as demonstrated in our History. 1857 was so long ago.

Decorative headgear was a tradition that derived from the British Army (and other European Army) traditions of wearing Western European types of headgear during dress-marches on special occasions like victory day. The British Army officers themselves wore Pugrees (Skinner's Horse, Bengal Cavalry etc.) so they could command the 'natives' more easily. The fact that a few Brit men controlled entire companies of Indians is shameful in itself.

It is a period that only demonstrates what went wrong with Indian history in general - Indians willingly serving the interest of foreigners (Brits) in lap-dog manner and there are now re-enactments in Great Britain by nationalist Brits on how 'glorious' the Raj was. The less said the better.

In any case this is OT here- let's open a separate thread for discussion.