Major general
Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury
ইজাজ আহমেদ চৌধুরী
10th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
In office
12 February 1995 – 18 July 1996
Preceded byMohammad Anwar Hossain
Succeeded byMohammad Azizur Rahman
Personal details
Born(1945-01-01)1 January 1945
Golapganj, Assam, British India (now Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Died29 September 2022(2022-09-29) (aged 77)
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
 Pakistan (Before 1971)
Branch/service
Years of service1968-1996
Rank Major General
UnitEast Bengal Regiment
Commands
Battles/warsBangladesh Liberation War

Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1945 – 29 September 2022) is a retired Major General of Bangladesh Army and a freedom fighter of the Liberation War. He served as the Director General of Bangladesh Rifles from 12 February 1995 to 18 July 1996.[1]

Career

Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury was a freedom fighter in 1971 in the 2nd East Bengal Regiment.[2][3] He was serving in the Second East Bengal Regiment as a captain when the Bangladesh Liberation war started.[4] He served as the Commander of Bogra Division.[5] He served as the Director General of Bangladesh Rifles from 12 February 1995 to 18 July 1996.[1][6]

Allegations of army mutiny

He was sent to compulsory retirement on 25 May 1996 on charges of failed military coup.[5][7][8][9]

Personal life

Chowdhury's brother was Brigadier General Waji Ahmed Chowdhury.[10] He was also the son of the Islamic scholar, Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Choudhury - the grandson of the Sufi poet Shah Abdul Wahab Choudhury - as well as the maternal nephew of another religious scholar of the area, Abdul Matin Chowdhury.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ". www.bgb.gov.bd. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  2. ↑ Translated by Siddiqur Rahman, Bir Uttam, Major General KM Safiullah. Bangladesh in the War of Liberation (in Bengali). Bangladesh. p. 236. ISBN 9789840417216.
  3. ↑ "First Meeting of the Liberation war of Teliapara Bangalow". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. ↑ Ibrahim, Major GeneralSyed Muhammad; Protik, Bir (2019-03-26). "The first resistance against Pakistan: March 19, 1971". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  5. 1 2 Major General (Retd.) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Pratik (1999). Missro kothon (in Bengali). Easy Publications. p. 122.
  6. ↑ "Top BDR officials transferred in major reshuffle". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  7. ↑ "শীর্ষ সেই ১৫ সেনা কর্মকর্তা এখন কে কোথায়?". চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  8. ↑ জিবলু রহমান. ১৯৯৬ সালের ব্যর্থ সেনা অভ্যুত্থানের খলনায়ক কে? (in Bengali).
  9. ↑ Ahmed, Salahuddin. Bangladesh: Past and Present. APH Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 9788176484695.
  10. ↑ Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Young servant allegedly murders ex-brigadier general of Bangladesh Army; case filed". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ al-Mahmud, A.H.; Hasan, Syed Mahmudul (2008). সুন্নাতে নববীর মূর্ত প্রতীক: মাওলানা আব্দুল মতিন চৌধুরী শায়খে ফুলবাড়ী রাহ (in Bengali). Sylhet: al-Medina Offset Press. p. 74.
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