Native name শেখ জামাল Name Sheikh Jamal | Rank Commissioned Officer | |
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Battles/wars Liberation War of Bangladesh | ||
Sheikh jamal aliyyii hajii magala jannata oromo islamic dawah afaan oromo dawah
Sheikh Jamal (28 April 1954 - 15 August 1975) was the second son of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.
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- Sheikh jamal aliyyii hajii magala jannata oromo islamic dawah afaan oromo dawah
- Sheikh Jamal Sakr Al Husaini at International Islamic Conference 2017 Dinajpur
- Early life and education
- Freedom fighter
- References
Sheikh Jamal Sakr Al Husaini; at International Islamic Conference 2017, Dinajpur
Early life and education
Jamal was born at Tungipara, Gopalganj on 28 April 1954. His father was Sheikh Mujib and his mother was Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. He was a freedom fighter. His sister, Sheikh Hasina, is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Jamal, after a period of studies at B A F Shaheen College, finished his matriculation from Dhaka Residential Model College in Dhaka. He passed HSC from Dhaka College. He learned playing guitar at a music institution and was also a good cricketer.
Freedom fighter
Detained with his mother and other members of the family at a house in Dhanmondi during the war of Liberation in 1971, Jamal found the means to escape and cross over to a liberated zone, where he joined the struggle to free the country. While a student of Dhaka College, Jamal traveled to Yugoslavia for military training under the auspices of the Yugoslav army. Subsequently, he trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Great Britain. He joined the Bangladesh Army as a Commissioned Officer.