Jamilud Din Ahsan Explained

Honorific Prefix:Major General
Jamiluddin Ahsan
Native Name:জামিলউদ্দীন আহসান
Native Name Lang:bn
Honorific Suffix:Bir Pratik
Office:4th Director General of Special Security Force
President:Abdur Rahman Biswas
Primeminister:Khaleda Zia
Term Start:19 October 1991
Term End:26 July 1996
Predecessor:Kazi Mahmud Hassan
Successor:NA Rafiqul Hossain
Birth Date:11 May 1951
Birth Place:Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan
Awards: Bir Protik
Serviceyears:1971 - 2006
Rank: Major General
Unit:East Bengal Regiment
Commands:
Battles:Bangladesh Liberation War

Jamilud Din Ahsan is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya.[1] He is a recipient of Bir Protik, the fourth highest gallantry award of Bangladesh, for his actions in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2] [3]

Ahsan is a member of the Sector Commanders Forum.[4] He is a member of the Bangladesh War Courses Foundation.[5]

Career

Ahsan fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Protik, the fourth highest gallantry award of Bangladesh military.[6] [7] He was the commander of Charlie Company of the 4th East Bengal Regiment and fought in the Battle of Salda.[8] He was commission in Bangladesh Army under the war courses.[9]

On 19 October 1991 Ahsan was appointed the director general of the Special Security Force succeeding Brigadier General Kazi Mahmud Hassan.[10] [11] to 26 July 1996, he was succeeded by Major General Nurul Ahmed Rafiqul Hossain.

From 7 March 2000 to 13 October 2001, he Ahsan the director general of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.[12]

Ahsan was the master general of ordnance of Bangladesh Army. On 11 September 2005, he was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya.

Ahsan opposed a defense pact with India at a roundtable titled New Dimension of Bangladesh-India relations: Problems and Prospects.[13]

Ahsan was the coordinator of the Sector Commanders Forum-Muktijudda 71.[14] In February 2022, his name was proposed for the role of Election Commissioners of the Bangladesh Election Commission.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Gaddafi's Libya a fool-dom' . 2024-09-15 . 'Gaddafi's Libya a fool-dom' . en.
  2. Web site: 2008-02-14 . Two books on Liberation War launched . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  3. Web site: News & Events . 2024-09-15 . uap-bd.edu.
  4. Web site: 2008-08-31 . Anti-liberation forces behind rise of Islamist militants . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  5. Web site: 2024-09-04 . Bangladesh War Courses Foundation donate Tk 6.5 lakh for flood relief efforts . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. Web site: Maj Gen Jamilud Din Ahsan made envoy to Libya . 2024-09-15 . . en.
  7. Interview With Major General Jamil D Ahsan 'People's War' Documentary Kino-Eye Films Archive . 2023-11-18 . Kino-Eye Films Archive . 2024-09-15 . YouTube.
  8. Web site: 2021-12-02 . Battle of Salda through the eyes of a hero . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. Web site: 2024-09-05 . Flood relief: War Courses Foundation donates Tk 6.5 lakh . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. Web site: 19 June 2008 . Major General (Retd) Jamil Says Bangladesh War Criminals Should be Punished . 2022-10-23 . ভিওএ . bn.
  11. Web site: Former DGS SSF . 2022-10-23 . ssf.gov.bd . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620014917/https://www.ssf.gov.bd/former_dg . 20 June 2024.
  12. Web site: BA-693 Maj Gen Jamil D Ahsan, BP, psc . 2024-09-15 . biiss.org.
  13. Web site: 2017-03-28 . Questions raised about defence deal with India . 2024-09-16 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. Web site: 2008-06-19 . Major General (Retd) Jamil Says Bangladesh War Criminals Should be Punished . 2024-09-15 . ভিওএ . bn.
  15. Web site: Search panel publishes 322 names for CEC, ECs selection - - observerbd.com . 2024-09-15 . The Daily Observer.