Jamil Uddin Ahmed

Brigadier General

Jamil Uddin Ahmed

Bir Uttom
Brigadier General; Jamil Uddin Ahmed; Bir Uttom
	Jamil Uddin Ahmed
Native name	জামিল উদ্দিন আহমেদ
Born	1 February 1933; Kushtia, Bengal, British India
Died	15 August 1975 (aged 42); Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Buried	Banani Military Graveyard
Allegiance	Pakistan; Bangladesh;
Branch	Pakistan Army; Bangladesh Army;
Service years	1955–1975
Rank	Brigadier General;
Unit	Corps of Signals
Commands	Military Secretary to Prime Minister; Military Secretary to President; Director General of Forces Intelligence;
Conflicts	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état †;
Awards	Bir Uttom; Sitara-e-Harb; Tamgha-e-Jang; Tamgha-e-Jamhuria
Alma mater	Dhaka College; University of Dhaka; Pakistan Military Academy
Spouse	Anjuman Ara Jamil (m. 1955)
Children	4

Jamil Uddin Ahmed BU psc (1 February 1933 - 15 August 1975) was a career officer in the Pakistan Army Signal Corps and then the Bangladesh Army. Appointed as the military secretary to the President of Bangladesh in 1973, he was killed in the early hours of 15 August 1975, while he was on his way to aid the then president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was assassinated that night during a military coup. In 2010, Ahmed was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general and awarded the Bir Uttom, Bangladesh's second highest military honour.