Sultana "Khuki" Kamal | |
Native Name: | সুলতানা কামাল |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Name: | Sultana Ahmed |
Relations: | See Sheikh–Wazed family |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Education: | Bachelor and Master’s in Sociology (she wasn’t able to finish her Master’s program due to being assassinated) |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1951 |
Death Place: | Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Death Cause: | Shot to death |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Father: | Dabiruddin Ahmed |
Sultana Kamal (; 10 December 1951 – 15 August 1975), nicknamed Khuki, was a Bangladeshi athlete. She was married to Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She was killed during the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family.
Sultana Khuki Ahmed was the eighth of the nine children of Mr. Dabiruddin Ahmed who was an engineer of Dhaka University. She was born in Dhaka’s Bakshibazar on 10 December 1952. On 14 July 1975 Sultana Ahmed married sports personality Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Afterwards, she adopted her husband’s name Kamal and was henceforth known as Mrs. Sultana Kamal.
Kamal was a student of the University of Dhaka.[1] She held national records in long jump and 100-metres.[2]
On 15 August 1975 Khuki and her husband Kamal were assassinated alongside Kamal’s parents, brothers and other relatives.
In 2011, Bangladesh Women's Sports Association introduced the Sultana Kamal Independence Day Award for the contributors to Bangladesh's women's sports.[3]