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The 70th birthday of heroic freedom fighter Sheikh Jamal, son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today.
Born on April 28 in 1954 at Tungipara in Gopalganj, Sheikh Jamal did his matriculation from Dhaka Residential Model Col-lege and intermediate from Dhaka College.
He was also under house arrest along with his family members during the Liberation War in 1971. Later, Sheikh Jamal fled from their Dhanmondi residence and joined the Liberation War.
He reached Agartala, India after a very risky journey from Dhanmondi where he joined the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Libera-tion Forces, BLF). After receiving training, he fought from the front line under Sector-9 during the Liberation War.
Jamal travelled to Yugoslavia for military training under the auspices of the Yugoslav army in 1974.
He joined the first long course of the Bangladesh Army as a commissioned officer.
Subsequently, he received training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom.
After returning from there, he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Second East Bengal Regiment in Dha-ka.
During his short tenure in the Second East Bengal Regiment, he left an impression of extraordinary professionalism and sin-cerity among the officers and soldiers.
