Bir Protik Taramon Bibi passed away early Saturday at the age of 61. She breathed her last at 1:30 am at her Shankar Madhobpur village home in Rajibpur upazila of Kurigram. Taramon Bibi left behind her husband, a son, a daughter, host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death. The war heroine, wife of Abdul Mazid, had been suffering from lung, diabetes and respiratory problems for a long time. The freedom fighter returned home on November 27 after receiving treatment at the Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital as her condition had deteriorated. The Bir Pratik was laid to rest with state honor at the Kacharipara Taltala graveyard on Saturday afternoon, said Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Sultana Parveen. The officials from the local government, social and cultural groups, professionals and political organizations paid their last respects to the freedom fighter before the ceremony. Mujib Haldar, a freedom fighter, took early teenaged Taramon Bibi, daughter of Abdus Sobhan and Kulsum Bibi, to a freedom fighters’ camp for helping in cooking. Later, she learnt how to operate gun and took part many direct combats with freedom fighters in Sector 11 under sector commander Abu Taher. Taramon Bibi along with other freedom fighters also took part several other battles during the course of the war. After the Liberation War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Government honored her with the Bir Protik title in 1973 for her courageous role in resisting the Pak forces with arms. However, Taramon Bibi was untraced until a researcher of Mymensingh district discovered her in 1995. She was brought back to Dhaka by the initiative of women’s organizations and Bir Protik award was conferred on her on December 19 of the same year. MHK