Sheikh Jamal

Sheikh Jamal (28 April 1954 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi military personnel and athlete. He was the second son of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,^[1][2] the founding president of Bangladesh.^[3]

Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal
Kader Siddiqui (left) and Sheikh Jamal (right) at the first public meeting after liberation in Polton, Dhaka (1971)
Native name	শেখ জামাল
Born	(1954-04-28)28 April 1954 Tungipara, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died	15 August 1975(1975-08-15) (aged 21) Dacca, Bangladesh
Cause of death	Assassination
Buried	Banani Graveyard, Dhaka
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Mukti Bahini  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1971–1975
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Battles / wars	Bangladesh Liberation War
Awards	National Sports Award
Alma mater	Dhaka College Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Military Academy of the University of Defence
Spouse(s)	Parveen Jamal (Rosy)
Relations	See Tungipara Sheikh family

Early life

Jamal was born at Tungipara, Gopalganj on 28 April 1954. He was Mujib's third child out of five.^[4] His sister, Sheikh Hasina, would become prime minister of Bangladesh in 1996.^[5]

Jamal, after a period of studies at BAF Shaheen College Dhaka, finished his matriculation from Dhaka Residential Model College in Dhaka.^[6] He passed his HSC from Dhaka College. He learned playing guitar at a music institution and was also a good cricketer.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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 second lieutenant in the East Bengal Regiment.^[3][7][8]

Death and legacy

He was married to his paternal first cousin Parveen Jamal Rosy (1956–1975) on 17 July 1975. Jamal's father and Rosy's mother were siblings.^{[citation needed]}

Jamal and his wife Rosy were killed along with other members of his family (parents, brothers, uncle, sister-in-law) during the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^[9][10] The professional sports club Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club^[11] and Sheikh Jamal Stadium in Faridpur town are named after him.^[12]