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{{Short description|Retired Major General of Bangladesh Army}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Major general]]
| name = Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury
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| native_name = ইজাজ আহমেদ চৌধুরী
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|01|1|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|9|29|1945|01|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Golapganj Upazila]], [[Sylhet District]]
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Bangladesh Rifles]]
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'''Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury''' (1 January 1945 – 29 September 2022) is a retired [[Major general|Major General]] of [[Bangladesh Army]] and a heroic freedom fighter of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War]]. He served as the [[Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh|Director General of Bangladesh Rifles]] from 12 February 1995 to 18 July 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ|url=http://www.bgb.gov.bd/index.php/bgb/page/list_of_former_director_generals/26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126185936/http://www.bgb.gov.bd/index.php/bgb/page/list_of_former_director_generals/26|archive-date=January 26, 2022|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.bgb.gov.bd}}</ref>

== Career ==
Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury was a freedom fighter in 1971 in the 2nd East Bengal Regiment.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Translated by Siddiqur Rahman, Bir Uttam|first=Major General KM Safiullah|title=Bangladesh in the War of Liberation|isbn=9789840417216|location=Bangladesh|pages=236|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=First Meeting of the Liberation war of Teliapara Bangalow|url=http://madhabpur.habiganj.gov.bd/en/site/golponoyshotti/1adi-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%95|access-date=2022-01-31|website=[[Bangladesh National Portal]]}}</ref> He was serving in the Second East Bengal Regiment as a captain when the Bangladesh Liberation war started.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ibrahim|first=Major GeneralSyed Muhammad|last2=Protik|first2=Bir|date=2019-03-26|title=The first resistance against Pakistan: March 19, 1971|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2019/news/the-first-resistance-against-pakistan-march-19-1971-1719781|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He served as the Commander of Bogra Division.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Major General (Retd.) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim|first=Bir Pratik|title=Missro kothon|publisher=Easy Publications|year=1999|pages=122|language=bn}}</ref> He served as the [[Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh|Director General of Bangladesh Rifles]] from 12 February 1995 to 18 July 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Top BDR officials transferred in major reshuffle|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/top-bdr-officials-transferred-in-major-reshuffle-1.420212|access-date=2022-01-31|website=gulfnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Allegations of army mutiny ===
He was sent to compulsory retirement on 25 May 1996 on charges of [[1996 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt|failed military coup]].<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=শীর্ষ সেই ১৫ সেনা কর্মকর্তা এখন কে কোথায়?|url=https://www.channelionline.com/%e0%a6%b6%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%87-%e0%a7%a7%e0%a7%ab-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=জিবলু রহমান|title=১৯৯৬ সালের ব্যর্থ সেনা অভ্যুত্থানের খলনায়ক কে?|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Salahuddin|title=Bangladesh: Past and Present|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788176484695|pages=3|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Chowdhury's brother was Brigadier General [[Waji Ahmed Chowdhury]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=bdnews24.com|title=Young servant allegedly murders ex-brigadier general of Bangladesh Army; case filed|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/10/06/young-servant-allegedly-murders-ex-brigadier-general-of-bangladesh-army-case-filed|access-date=2022-02-02|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> 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 being the maternal nephew of another religious scholar of the area [[Abdul Matin Chowdhury (scholar)|Abdul Matin Chowdhury]].<ref name="al-MahmudHasanP74">{{Cite book |last1=al-Mahmud |first1=A.H. |last2=Hasan |first2=Syed Mahmudul |script-title=bn:সুন্নাতে নববীর মূর্ত প্রতীক: মাওলানা আব্দুল মতিন চৌধুরী শায়খে ফুলবাড়ী রাহ |year=2008 |page=74 |url=https://archive.org/details/AllamaFulbari/page/n79 |publisher=al-Medina Offset Press |location=Sylhet |language=bn}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{succession box
| title = [[Border Guards Bangladesh|Chief of Bangladesh Rifles]]
| years = 12 February 1995 - 18 July 1996
| before = Major General [[Anwar Hussain (officer)|Anwar Hussain]]
| after = Major General [[Mohammad Azizur Rahman]]
}}

{{S-end}}{{Military of Bangladesh|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Bangladesh Army generals]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi military personnel]]
[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:People from Golapganj Upazila]]
[[Category:1945 births]]

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