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Sheikh
Jamal
Bangabandhu's second son
Born at Tungipara, Gopalganj,
April 28, 1954
Sheikh Jamal,
after a period of studies at Shaheen School, finished his
matriculation from Residential Model School in Dhaka. 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 travelled to Yugoslavia
for military training under the auspices of the Yugoslav
army. Subsequently, he trained at Sandhurst Army Academy.
After the training he joined Bangladesh Army as a Commissioned
Officer. On July 17, 1975 he married his cousin Rosy. Both
were assassinated on August 15, 1975.
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