Shafat Jamil

Shafaat Jamil
Personal details
Born	Kishoreganj District, British India (now Bangladesh)
Died	11 August 2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Banani Graveyard
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	No party Affiliation
Alma mater	Dhaka College University of Dhaka Pakistan Military Academy
Profession	Military officer
Awards	Bir Bikram
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (before 1971)
Service/branch	Bangladesh Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1971–1980 (Bangladesh), 1962–1971 (Pakistan)
Rank	Colonel

Shafaat Jamil (Bengali: শাফায়াত জামিল), Bir Bikrom (1 March 1940 – 11 August 2012) was a Bangladesh Army colonel. He was the Commanding Officer of the 3rd East Bengal Regiment of Z Force Brigade in Sector 11 of Bangladesh Forces during the War of Bangladesh Independence in 1971. He was among the first Bengali officers who rebelled against the Pakistani Army in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh and later fought in 11 sector and in Sylhet sector.

He was born on 1 March 1940 in Kishoreganj District. His father A. H. M. Karimullah was a Judicial Officer of East Pakistan Civil Service. Jamil was educated at Dhaka College, University of Dhaka and Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul. He joined the Pakistan Military Academy in 1962.

In 1964, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Pakistani Army's East Bengal Regiment. He was a course mate of General Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan.

In March 1971 Jamil was promoted to the rank of Major in the Pakistani Army. On 27 March 1971, he mutinied against the Pakistani Army with Bengali officers and soldiers of 4th East Bengal Regiment (nicknamed Baby Tigers) after hearing the news of the genocide carried out by the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan/Bangladesh. As a Bangladesh Force (BDF) officer he fought against the Pakistani Forces in Sector-11 until 10 October, when he was ordered to fight in the Sylhet sector in Bangladesh.

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