Sheikh Jamal

Sheikh Jamal (28 April 1954 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi military personnel and athlete.

[citation needed] 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.

[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.