Sheikh Jamal
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Kader Siddiqui (left) and Sheikh Jamal (right) at the first public meeting after liberation in Polton, Dhaka (1971)
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| Native name | শেখ জামাল |
| Born |
28 April 1954 Tungipara, Gopalganj, East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 15 August 1975 (aged 21) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Bangladesh Army |
| Battles/wars | Liberation War of Bangladesh |
| Relations | See Sheikh–Wazed family |
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.
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.
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.
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