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Receiving The “ Savior Of The Sundarbans “ Award
And thus began the career of Pachabdi Gazi as a Forest Department Ranger and a government appointed professional Shikari in the Sundarban mangrove forests of East Pakistan . He was now issued a .303 British by the Sundarban Forest Department ; a standard department issue Lee Enfield rifle with the full military stock and iron sights . Along with these rifles , the Forest Department Officials were also issued large caches of .303 British ammunition. Aside from the 174 grain standard issue military ball cartridges ( with the pointed spitzer full metal jacket bullets ) , the Rangers were also issued large caches of 215 grain soft nose ICI Kynoch sporting cartridges .
While a .303 British is still far from ideal for tackling 225 kilogram man eating Royal Bengal Tigers , the Rifle was a devastating weapon in Pachabdi’s hands . At any rate , it was a much better weapon than the 10 bore double barrel shotgun ( loaded with 0 buck cartridges) , which he had to previously make do with .
From 1948 to 1970 , Pachabdi Gazi had become the pride of East Pakistan whenever man eating Royal Bengal Tigers had to be contended with , in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans. The Sundarbans were a place which every mother in East Pakistan would tell horror stories about , to their children... in order to make them go to sleep faster or study properly at school ( among other things ) . Mothers would frighten their children with threats like these :
“ If you fail your class test at school , your father and I shall leave you in the Sundarbans “ .
Or
“ If you do not help out with the work around the house, then your father and I shall banish you into the Sundarbans “ .
The basis of these horror stories were not even remotely unfounded. If you happened to get lost in the Sundarban mangrove forests , you had an extremely high probability of :
A) Getting bitten by a King Cobra snake
B) Getting drowned and eaten by a crocodile
C) Getting gored by the tusks of a wild boar
D) Getting robbed and killed by dacoits
However , all of these ( highly probable ) dangers completely paled in comparison to the No. 1 danger in the Sundarban mangrove forests . The most likely and the most lethal of dangers : Getting mangled to death by a Royal Bengal Tiger . This is no exaggeration either . The number of Royal Bengal Tigers lurking about in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans at that time , could easily exceed the number of feral hogs which have become an invasive species in the USA . And the only thing worse than Royal Bengal Tigers , were man eating Royal Bengal Tigers .
Unfortunately, virtually all the Royal Bengal Tigers living in the Sundarbans inherently had ( and still have ) an insatiable appetite for human flesh .
What most sane people would consider to be a horror house , Pachabdi Gazi considered his home . He knew every corner of the Sundarban mangrove forests , like the back of his hand . With his .303 British , he harvested Chital Deer for the larder .
With his 10 Bore shotgun , he conducted all of his wing shooting for the larder .
His favorite dish to eat was “ Chitra Gurda Kebab “ - A flame grilled spicy kebab made from the kidneys of Chital Deer and during his free time , he often served as a cook in the mess hall canteen of the Sundarban Forest Department Rangers .
He also shot several wild boars with his .303 British , in order to provide fresh pork for his non Muslim colleagues and for the Garo and Chakma tribal people under the employment of the Forest Department Rangers . During driven hunts for Chital Deer or wild boars , Pachabdi would use his 10 Bore shotgun (loaded with 0 buck cartridges ) as the 16 pellets of 0 buck would allow for a larger margin of error on a moving beast .
Everyone knew Pachabdi as a simple minded , quiet and polite gentleman who always carried out his orders without question or hesitation . This earned him a great deal of respect from everyone around him . He had neither a single foe , nor a rival in his entire life . Everyone loved Pachabdi.
Pachabdi ( like many sensible Shikaris ) never relied upon gun bearers to carry his firearms for him , because he never trusted them to stay by his side during a time of emergency . However , unlike many Shikaris who carry their own weapon and make a gun bearer carry an extra weapon as a precautionary measure, Pachabdi took things even one step further . When out hunting , Pachabdi would carry his .303 British in hands and his 10 Bore shotgun slung over his left shoulder . In each breast pocket of his Khaki Bush Shirt , he would keep an extra Lee Enfield magazine ( fully loaded with ten 215 grain ICI Kynoch soft nose cartridges) . Slung around his waist would be a leather bandolier containing two dozen 10 Bore shotgun cartridges. This over cautious setup greatly benefitted Pachabdi on more than one occasion.
In 1950 for instance, Pachabdi was out on a driven hunt for wild boars with his Garo trackers ( who were acting as his beaters ) . When the beaters had succeeded in driving a particularly large 135 kilogram wild boar towards Pachabdi, he fired a 0 buck cartridge from the left barrel of his 10 Bore shotgun at the animal at a range of only ten paces . The 16 pellets of 0 buck struck the beast , right between the two shoulder blades and the animal went down . However, dead it was not . In a split second , the wild boar was back on it’s feet once again and had charged deliberately towards Pachabdi , in an attempt to impale him with it’s tusks . Acting quickly , Pachabdi quickly fired his right barrel at the wild boar’s head at a mere distance of five paces .The 16 pellets of 0 buck struck the beast , right in the head and it dropped onto the green forest floor a second time . Only to get up once again and this time , the wild boar ( blinded by the 0 buckshot pellets ) was desperately trying to flee from Pachabdi’s direction . Determined not to let his quarry escape wounded by any means necessary , Pachabdi hurriedly unslung his issued .303 British from his back and snapped up the rifle to his shoulder . With one well aimed shot placed behind the wild boar’s shoulder , Pachabdi had finally put that wild boar down for good ; having selected it’s heart as a target.
At the time , the only commercially available ammunition imported into the firearms shops of East Pakistan , were 12 Bore shotgun cartridges and .22 Long Rifle cartridges. However , since Pachabdi was an asset to the government of East Pakistan , TCP ( Trading Corporation Pakistan) would import consignments of 10 Bore 27/8 inch Remington shotgun cartridges for Pachabdi’s personal use , and the government would pay for Pachabdi’s ammunition . However , even the government became powerless when Remington ceased to manufacture 10 Bore 2 7/8 inch cartridges. Of course , necessity is the mother of invention and Pachabdi began to get innovative in his means of procuring cartridges for his 10 Bore shotgun .
He asked TCP to commence importing 10 Bore 3 1/2 inch shotgun cartridges for him . These , he would carefully cut down to 2 7/8 inch length . Because 10 Bore buckshot cartridges were no longer available , Pachabdi devised an unique method to mould his own 0 buck pellets . He would take out the birdshot pellets from the 10 Bore cartridges and melt them in a cauldron. Then , he would take the branch of a Papaya tree ( which is hollow ) and pour the molten lead through it , before cutting the molten lead to pieces by using his Sheffield Army clasp knife . By using asbestos gloves , he rolled each of the molten lead pieces into a roughly 0 buck sized lead pellet . After they cooled , Pachabdi would load 16 0 buck pellets into each of his homemade 10 Bore cartridges . A tedious and time consuming process , it was. However , Pachabdi always kept his ordinance in tip top order .
When ICI Kynoch ceased manufacturing centre fire cartridges in 1963 , the Forest Department Rangers were suddenly devoid of their 215 grain soft nose cartridges for the standard issue .303 British . They were now issued Remington 215 grain soft nose cartridges . Alternatively , the Forest Department Rangers would also grind off the tips of 174 grain .303 British Military Ball full metal jacket spitzer tip cartridges , in order to make improvised soft point cartridges . These , they would make use of , on the lesser beasts such as wild boars.
Pachabdi was a often hired to guide foreign dignitaries who wanted to hunt wild boars or Chital Deer in the Sundarban mangrove forests ; appointed directly by the President of Pakistan , Ayub Khan to protect the dignitaries . For these purposes , Pachabdi was taught how to speak English passably . He was a quick learner and personally guided many foreign dignitaries on Shikars to the Sundarbans , including King Mohindra of Nepal , and Pakistani President Ayub Khan , himself . No one ever had anything to say about Pachabdi , except only good things .
In 1966 , Pachabdi was personally appointed by President Ayub Khan to dispose of a man eating fully grown male Royal Bengal Tiger , known as the , “ Terror Of Aatharobeki” . This fiend was a 226 Kilogram man eater who was responsible for the deaths of 29 locals living in the villages around the Sundarbans, along with a foreign dignitary .
For many days, there were no new reports of the fiend , until one day it claimed yet another victim. A local woman of Garo ancestry . This time , Pachabdi Gazi was nearby . Immediately after coming upon the “ Scene Of The Crime “ , Pachabdi and his two Garo trackers resolved to follow the fresh tracks of the man eater and put it down , once and for all .
They followed the tracks of the fiend for hours , with Pachabdi imitating Royal Bengal Tiger roars , several times along the way. This unconventional practice proved to be highly successful, yet again . The man eater let off a responsive roar and this allowed Pachabdi and his two trackers to pinpoint the general direction of the man eater .
After half an hour of stalking , the three weary men were finally able to catch sight of the fiend . Every time the man eater raised it’s head in order to roar , Pachabdi and his two trackers lay down on the ground in order to escape detection . By repeating this process , they slowly began to close in on the fiend . At a distance of 30 feet , Pachabdi signaled one of his two trackers to turn on the two cell torchlight and shine the beam at the man eater’s head . As the tracker obediently did as he was told , the startled fiend turned to look at the source of the light. Pachabdi certainly wasted no time. His .303 British was already raised to his shoulder and trained on the Royal Bengal Tiger’s head . He fired a single 215 grain soft nose cartridge at the fiend ; right between the two eyes . This immediately put an end to the “ Terror Of Aatharobeki “.
It had a snout to tail measurement of a most imposing 12 feet and weighed 226 kilograms .
It was the slaying of the “ Terror Of Aatharobeki “ which finally led Pachabdi to receive national recognition in East Pakistan . As a reward for his extreme valor , President Ayub Khan personally awarded Pachabdi with the “ Sanad E Khidmat “ award ; an award given only to those who risk their lives on a daily basis for the security of the nation. Pachabdi had become a national hero .
On 26th March of 1971 , the Bangladeshi War Of Independence had broken out and the next nine months were the darkest in East Pakistani history . The people of East Pakistan were fighting to become a new , independent country - Bangladesh .
It was during the War , that I first got introduced to Mr. Pachabdi Gazi by my commanding officer , Major Poton Khan . The Sundarban mangrove forests was a traveling route frequently used by the guerilla forces and the Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh. However , it was also an extremely dangerous place . Dozens of our Freedom Fighters were mangled to death by man eating Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarban mangrove forests .
It was here that Pachabdi’s skills became indispensable once again . The Bangladesh Mukti Bahini ( Freedom Fighters Battalion ) specifically enlisted Pachabdi’s assistance to protect all of the Freedom Fighters who were traveling through the Sundarban mangrove forests , from Royal Bengal Tigers . For Pachabdi , this was a matter of child’s play. Between April 5th to December 16th , Pachabdi singlehandedly put down no less than 24 man eating Royal Bengal Tigers , in order to save the lives of the Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters . Major Poton Khan ( being a retired professional Shikari , himself ) made great friends with Pachabdi during the War .
The Major , himself used his own military issued .303 British to successfully put down two man eating Royal Bengal Tigers with a single frontal brain shot ( for each fiend ) in July of 1971 , when he was temporarily posted in the Sundarbans ... in order to protect the lives of the men under his command . He used 215 grain Remington soft nose cartridges which were provided to him by Pachabdi , for the purposes of putting down any Royal Bengal Tigers which might be attempting to make a meal out of the Major’s men . After West Pakistan had signed an armistice on December 16th of 1971 , East Pakistan had formally become Bangladesh.
As a reward for his unending gallantry by constantly protecting the Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh from Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans throughout the War , Pachabdi was not only appointed as a Forest Department Ranger by the newly formed Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh ... but he had also received the prestigious “ Savior Of The Sundarbans “ award by the Sundarban Forest Department. Now 46 years of age , Pachabdi’s new adventures as a Forest Department Ranger appointed by the Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh had only just begun .
Pachabdi ( Centre ) chatting with his younger brother , Hashem ( Left ) and Major Poton Khan ( Right ) in the Sundarban mangrove forests in July , 1971. Pachabdi’s 10 Bore Remington Model 1889 shotgun can be seen , tightly clutched in his hands .
Forest Department Ranger , Pachabdi Gazi ( right ) Of the ( Then ) Newly Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh , ID Number BD N 3886 , clutching his department issued .303 British in January , 1972 .
And thus began the career of Pachabdi Gazi as a Forest Department Ranger and a government appointed professional Shikari in the Sundarban mangrove forests of East Pakistan . He was now issued a .303 British by the Sundarban Forest Department ; a standard department issue Lee Enfield rifle with the full military stock and iron sights . Along with these rifles , the Forest Department Officials were also issued large caches of .303 British ammunition. Aside from the 174 grain standard issue military ball cartridges ( with the pointed spitzer full metal jacket bullets ) , the Rangers were also issued large caches of 215 grain soft nose ICI Kynoch sporting cartridges .
While a .303 British is still far from ideal for tackling 225 kilogram man eating Royal Bengal Tigers , the Rifle was a devastating weapon in Pachabdi’s hands . At any rate , it was a much better weapon than the 10 bore double barrel shotgun ( loaded with 0 buck cartridges) , which he had to previously make do with .
From 1948 to 1970 , Pachabdi Gazi had become the pride of East Pakistan whenever man eating Royal Bengal Tigers had to be contended with , in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans. The Sundarbans were a place which every mother in East Pakistan would tell horror stories about , to their children... in order to make them go to sleep faster or study properly at school ( among other things ) . Mothers would frighten their children with threats like these :
“ If you fail your class test at school , your father and I shall leave you in the Sundarbans “ .
Or
“ If you do not help out with the work around the house, then your father and I shall banish you into the Sundarbans “ .
The basis of these horror stories were not even remotely unfounded. If you happened to get lost in the Sundarban mangrove forests , you had an extremely high probability of :
A) Getting bitten by a King Cobra snake
B) Getting drowned and eaten by a crocodile
C) Getting gored by the tusks of a wild boar
D) Getting robbed and killed by dacoits
However , all of these ( highly probable ) dangers completely paled in comparison to the No. 1 danger in the Sundarban mangrove forests . The most likely and the most lethal of dangers : Getting mangled to death by a Royal Bengal Tiger . This is no exaggeration either . The number of Royal Bengal Tigers lurking about in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans at that time , could easily exceed the number of feral hogs which have become an invasive species in the USA . And the only thing worse than Royal Bengal Tigers , were man eating Royal Bengal Tigers .
Unfortunately, virtually all the Royal Bengal Tigers living in the Sundarbans inherently had ( and still have ) an insatiable appetite for human flesh .
What most sane people would consider to be a horror house , Pachabdi Gazi considered his home . He knew every corner of the Sundarban mangrove forests , like the back of his hand . With his .303 British , he harvested Chital Deer for the larder .
With his 10 Bore shotgun , he conducted all of his wing shooting for the larder .
His favorite dish to eat was “ Chitra Gurda Kebab “ - A flame grilled spicy kebab made from the kidneys of Chital Deer and during his free time , he often served as a cook in the mess hall canteen of the Sundarban Forest Department Rangers .
He also shot several wild boars with his .303 British , in order to provide fresh pork for his non Muslim colleagues and for the Garo and Chakma tribal people under the employment of the Forest Department Rangers . During driven hunts for Chital Deer or wild boars , Pachabdi would use his 10 Bore shotgun (loaded with 0 buck cartridges ) as the 16 pellets of 0 buck would allow for a larger margin of error on a moving beast .
Everyone knew Pachabdi as a simple minded , quiet and polite gentleman who always carried out his orders without question or hesitation . This earned him a great deal of respect from everyone around him . He had neither a single foe , nor a rival in his entire life . Everyone loved Pachabdi.
Pachabdi ( like many sensible Shikaris ) never relied upon gun bearers to carry his firearms for him , because he never trusted them to stay by his side during a time of emergency . However , unlike many Shikaris who carry their own weapon and make a gun bearer carry an extra weapon as a precautionary measure, Pachabdi took things even one step further . When out hunting , Pachabdi would carry his .303 British in hands and his 10 Bore shotgun slung over his left shoulder . In each breast pocket of his Khaki Bush Shirt , he would keep an extra Lee Enfield magazine ( fully loaded with ten 215 grain ICI Kynoch soft nose cartridges) . Slung around his waist would be a leather bandolier containing two dozen 10 Bore shotgun cartridges. This over cautious setup greatly benefitted Pachabdi on more than one occasion.
In 1950 for instance, Pachabdi was out on a driven hunt for wild boars with his Garo trackers ( who were acting as his beaters ) . When the beaters had succeeded in driving a particularly large 135 kilogram wild boar towards Pachabdi, he fired a 0 buck cartridge from the left barrel of his 10 Bore shotgun at the animal at a range of only ten paces . The 16 pellets of 0 buck struck the beast , right between the two shoulder blades and the animal went down . However, dead it was not . In a split second , the wild boar was back on it’s feet once again and had charged deliberately towards Pachabdi , in an attempt to impale him with it’s tusks . Acting quickly , Pachabdi quickly fired his right barrel at the wild boar’s head at a mere distance of five paces .The 16 pellets of 0 buck struck the beast , right in the head and it dropped onto the green forest floor a second time . Only to get up once again and this time , the wild boar ( blinded by the 0 buckshot pellets ) was desperately trying to flee from Pachabdi’s direction . Determined not to let his quarry escape wounded by any means necessary , Pachabdi hurriedly unslung his issued .303 British from his back and snapped up the rifle to his shoulder . With one well aimed shot placed behind the wild boar’s shoulder , Pachabdi had finally put that wild boar down for good ; having selected it’s heart as a target.
At the time , the only commercially available ammunition imported into the firearms shops of East Pakistan , were 12 Bore shotgun cartridges and .22 Long Rifle cartridges. However , since Pachabdi was an asset to the government of East Pakistan , TCP ( Trading Corporation Pakistan) would import consignments of 10 Bore 27/8 inch Remington shotgun cartridges for Pachabdi’s personal use , and the government would pay for Pachabdi’s ammunition . However , even the government became powerless when Remington ceased to manufacture 10 Bore 2 7/8 inch cartridges. Of course , necessity is the mother of invention and Pachabdi began to get innovative in his means of procuring cartridges for his 10 Bore shotgun .
He asked TCP to commence importing 10 Bore 3 1/2 inch shotgun cartridges for him . These , he would carefully cut down to 2 7/8 inch length . Because 10 Bore buckshot cartridges were no longer available , Pachabdi devised an unique method to mould his own 0 buck pellets . He would take out the birdshot pellets from the 10 Bore cartridges and melt them in a cauldron. Then , he would take the branch of a Papaya tree ( which is hollow ) and pour the molten lead through it , before cutting the molten lead to pieces by using his Sheffield Army clasp knife . By using asbestos gloves , he rolled each of the molten lead pieces into a roughly 0 buck sized lead pellet . After they cooled , Pachabdi would load 16 0 buck pellets into each of his homemade 10 Bore cartridges . A tedious and time consuming process , it was. However , Pachabdi always kept his ordinance in tip top order .
When ICI Kynoch ceased manufacturing centre fire cartridges in 1963 , the Forest Department Rangers were suddenly devoid of their 215 grain soft nose cartridges for the standard issue .303 British . They were now issued Remington 215 grain soft nose cartridges . Alternatively , the Forest Department Rangers would also grind off the tips of 174 grain .303 British Military Ball full metal jacket spitzer tip cartridges , in order to make improvised soft point cartridges . These , they would make use of , on the lesser beasts such as wild boars.
Pachabdi was a often hired to guide foreign dignitaries who wanted to hunt wild boars or Chital Deer in the Sundarban mangrove forests ; appointed directly by the President of Pakistan , Ayub Khan to protect the dignitaries . For these purposes , Pachabdi was taught how to speak English passably . He was a quick learner and personally guided many foreign dignitaries on Shikars to the Sundarbans , including King Mohindra of Nepal , and Pakistani President Ayub Khan , himself . No one ever had anything to say about Pachabdi , except only good things .
In 1966 , Pachabdi was personally appointed by President Ayub Khan to dispose of a man eating fully grown male Royal Bengal Tiger , known as the , “ Terror Of Aatharobeki” . This fiend was a 226 Kilogram man eater who was responsible for the deaths of 29 locals living in the villages around the Sundarbans, along with a foreign dignitary .
For many days, there were no new reports of the fiend , until one day it claimed yet another victim. A local woman of Garo ancestry . This time , Pachabdi Gazi was nearby . Immediately after coming upon the “ Scene Of The Crime “ , Pachabdi and his two Garo trackers resolved to follow the fresh tracks of the man eater and put it down , once and for all .
They followed the tracks of the fiend for hours , with Pachabdi imitating Royal Bengal Tiger roars , several times along the way. This unconventional practice proved to be highly successful, yet again . The man eater let off a responsive roar and this allowed Pachabdi and his two trackers to pinpoint the general direction of the man eater .
After half an hour of stalking , the three weary men were finally able to catch sight of the fiend . Every time the man eater raised it’s head in order to roar , Pachabdi and his two trackers lay down on the ground in order to escape detection . By repeating this process , they slowly began to close in on the fiend . At a distance of 30 feet , Pachabdi signaled one of his two trackers to turn on the two cell torchlight and shine the beam at the man eater’s head . As the tracker obediently did as he was told , the startled fiend turned to look at the source of the light. Pachabdi certainly wasted no time. His .303 British was already raised to his shoulder and trained on the Royal Bengal Tiger’s head . He fired a single 215 grain soft nose cartridge at the fiend ; right between the two eyes . This immediately put an end to the “ Terror Of Aatharobeki “.
It had a snout to tail measurement of a most imposing 12 feet and weighed 226 kilograms .
It was the slaying of the “ Terror Of Aatharobeki “ which finally led Pachabdi to receive national recognition in East Pakistan . As a reward for his extreme valor , President Ayub Khan personally awarded Pachabdi with the “ Sanad E Khidmat “ award ; an award given only to those who risk their lives on a daily basis for the security of the nation. Pachabdi had become a national hero .
On 26th March of 1971 , the Bangladeshi War Of Independence had broken out and the next nine months were the darkest in East Pakistani history . The people of East Pakistan were fighting to become a new , independent country - Bangladesh .
It was during the War , that I first got introduced to Mr. Pachabdi Gazi by my commanding officer , Major Poton Khan . The Sundarban mangrove forests was a traveling route frequently used by the guerilla forces and the Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh. However , it was also an extremely dangerous place . Dozens of our Freedom Fighters were mangled to death by man eating Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarban mangrove forests .
It was here that Pachabdi’s skills became indispensable once again . The Bangladesh Mukti Bahini ( Freedom Fighters Battalion ) specifically enlisted Pachabdi’s assistance to protect all of the Freedom Fighters who were traveling through the Sundarban mangrove forests , from Royal Bengal Tigers . For Pachabdi , this was a matter of child’s play. Between April 5th to December 16th , Pachabdi singlehandedly put down no less than 24 man eating Royal Bengal Tigers , in order to save the lives of the Bangladeshi Freedom Fighters . Major Poton Khan ( being a retired professional Shikari , himself ) made great friends with Pachabdi during the War .
The Major , himself used his own military issued .303 British to successfully put down two man eating Royal Bengal Tigers with a single frontal brain shot ( for each fiend ) in July of 1971 , when he was temporarily posted in the Sundarbans ... in order to protect the lives of the men under his command . He used 215 grain Remington soft nose cartridges which were provided to him by Pachabdi , for the purposes of putting down any Royal Bengal Tigers which might be attempting to make a meal out of the Major’s men . After West Pakistan had signed an armistice on December 16th of 1971 , East Pakistan had formally become Bangladesh.
As a reward for his unending gallantry by constantly protecting the Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh from Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans throughout the War , Pachabdi was not only appointed as a Forest Department Ranger by the newly formed Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh ... but he had also received the prestigious “ Savior Of The Sundarbans “ award by the Sundarban Forest Department. Now 46 years of age , Pachabdi’s new adventures as a Forest Department Ranger appointed by the Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh had only just begun .
Pachabdi ( Centre ) chatting with his younger brother , Hashem ( Left ) and Major Poton Khan ( Right ) in the Sundarban mangrove forests in July , 1971. Pachabdi’s 10 Bore Remington Model 1889 shotgun can be seen , tightly clutched in his hands .
Forest Department Ranger , Pachabdi Gazi ( right ) Of the ( Then ) Newly Sundarban Forest Department Of Bangladesh , ID Number BD N 3886 , clutching his department issued .303 British in January , 1972 .
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