Sheikh Jamal
{{Short description|Bangladeshi military personnel and athlete (1954–1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant
| name = Sheikh Jamal
| native_name = {{lang|bn|শেখ জামাল}}
| image = Sheikh Jamal and Kader Siddique.jpg
| caption = Kader Siddiqui (left) and Sheikh Jamal (right) at the first public meeting after liberation in Polton, Dhaka (1971)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|4|28|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|8|15|1954|4|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tungipara, East Bengal, Pakistan
| death_place = Dacca, Bangladesh
| death_cause = Assassination
| placeofburial = Banani Graveyard, Dhaka
| awards =National Sports Award
| alma_mater = Dhaka College
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Military Academy of the University of Defence
| spouse = Parveen Jamal (Rosy)
| relations = See Tungipara Sheikh family
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
| branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Mukti Bahini-DeFacto.svg}} Mukti Bahini
{{army|Bangladesh}}
| serviceyears = 1971–1975
| rank = 20px Lieutenant
| unit = 20px East Bengal Regiment
| battles = Bangladesh Liberation War
}}
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,{{cite news
| title = 34th anniversary of Bangabandhu murder: National Mourning Day today
| url = http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/08/15/news0717.htm
| work = The New Nation
| date = 2008-08-15
| accessdate = 2009-09-30
| quote = Bangabandhu's wife Begum Fazilatunnesa, three sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russel...
| archive-date = 2012-03-26
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326071900/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/08/15/news0717.htm
| url-status = live
}}{{Cite book |last=Islam |first=Nurul |title=Bangabandhu in the eye of his personal physician |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_ptAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Anwara-Nur Welfare Trust |oclc=50519205 |pages=114–115 |language=en}} the founding president of Bangladesh.{{cite web
|url = http://www.albd.org/bangabandhu/August15Show.pps
|title = Sheikh Jamal
|publisher = Bangladesh Awami League
|accessdate = 2009-09-02
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091104093255/http://www.albd.org/bangabandhu/August15Show.pps
|archivedate = 2009-11-04
}}
Early life
Jamal was born at Tungipara, Gopalganj on 28 April 1954. He was Mujib's third child out of five.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/my-friend-shaheed-sheikh-kamal-1269712|title=My Friend Shaheed Sheikh Kamal|date=2016-08-15|work=The Daily Star|type=Op-ed|access-date=2017-09-27|language=en}} His sister, Sheikh Hasina, would become prime minister of Bangladesh in 1996.{{cite news
| title = Businessmen to grab sports
| url = https://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107615
| work = The Daily Star
| date = 2009-09-30
| accessdate = 2009-09-30
| quote = Dhanmondi Club, now a limited company, has been named after Sheikh Jamal, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's slain brother...
}}
Jamal, after a period of studies at BAF Shaheen College Dhaka, finished his matriculation from Dhaka Residential Model College in Dhaka.{{cite web |url=https://www.albd.org/articles/news/39595/Martyrs-of-15th-August-1975 |title=Martyrs of 15th August 1975 |website=Awami League |access-date=2024-06-01 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112155550/https://www.albd.org/articles/news/39595/Martyrs-of-15th-August-1975 |url-status=live}} He passed his HSC from Dhaka College. He learned playing guitar at a music institution and was also a good cricketer.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
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.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCANAAAAIAAJ |title=Bangladesh, in Blood and Tears |last=Gupta |first=Jyoti Sen |year=1981 |publisher=Naya Prokash |page=50 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/93567/Be-ready-to-make-any-sacrifice-PM-asks-army |title=Be ready to make any sacrifice, PM asks army |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=2017-09-28 |language=en |archive-date=2017-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928103155/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/93567/Be-ready-to-make-any-sacrifice-PM-asks-army |url-status=live}}
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|date=July 2024}}
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.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/23/archives/bangladesh-coup-a-day-of-killings-account-depicts-how-young.html | title=Bangladesh Coup: A Day of Killings | work=The New York Times | date=23 August 1975 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/42nd-death-anniversary-of-bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-pain-anger-1448716|title=In pain, in anger|date=2017-08-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-09-27|language=en}} The professional sports club Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/safwan-made-president-sheikh-jamal-1373158|title=Safwan made president of Sheikh Jamal|date=2017-03-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-09-27|language=en}} and Sheikh Jamal Stadium in Faridpur town are named after him.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/hasina-visits-the-house-of-her-daughter-s-in-laws-in-faridpur|title=Hasina visits the house of her daughter's in-laws in Faridpur|last=|first=|date=|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2017-09-27}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.bangabandhu.org/august15.htm bangabandhu.org], picture of Sheikh Jamal and other family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
{{Sheikh Mujibur Rahman}}
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Category:Tungipara Sheikh family
Category:Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Category:Dhaka Residential Model College alumni
Category:Children of presidents of Bangladesh