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{{infobox officeholder
|name=Shafaat Jamil
|party = [[No party Affiliation]]
|birth_place = [[Kishoreganj District]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
|death_date= 11 August 2012
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|resting_place = Banani Graveyard
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka College]] [[University of Dhaka]] [[Pakistan Military Academy]]
| profession = [[Military officer]]
| allegiance = {{flag|Bangladesh}} {{flag|Pakistan}} (before 1971)
| branch = {{nowrap| [[File:Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg|23px|Bangladesh Army seal]] [[Bangladesh Army]]}} {{army|Pakistan}}
| serviceyears = 1971–1980 (Bangladesh), 1962–1971 (Pakistan)
| rank = [[Colonel]]
| awards = [[Bir Bikrom]]
}}

'''Shafaat Jamil''' ({{lang-bn|শাফায়াত জামিল}}), [[Bir Bikrom]] (1 March 1940 – 11 August 2012) was a [[Bangladesh Army]] colonel. He was the [[commanding officer]] of the [[East Bengal Regiment|3rd East Bengal Regiment]] of [[Z Force (Bangladesh)|Z Force Brigade]] in Sector 11 of [[Bangladesh Forces]] during the War of Bangladesh Independence in 1971. He was among the first Bengali officers who rebelled against the [[Pakistani Army]] in the 1971 [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]] and later fought in [[List of sectors in Bangladesh Liberation War|11 sector]] and in Sylhet sector.<ref name="prothom-alo1">{{cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-08-11/news/281081 |script-title=bn:মুক্তিযোদ্ধা শাফায়াত জামিল আর নেই |trans-title=Freedom fighter Shafayet Jamil is no more |newspaper=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=11 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131181721/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-08-11/news/281081 |archive-date=31 January 2022}}></ref>

==Early life==
He was born on 1 March 1940 in [[Kishoreganj District]]. His father A. H. M. Karimullah was a Judicial Officer of [[East Pakistan Civil Service]]. Jamil was educated at [[Dhaka College]], [[University of Dhaka]] and [[Pakistan Military Academy]], Kakul. He joined the Pakistan Military Academy in 1962.

In 1964, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Pakistani Army's [[East Bengal Regiment]]. He was a course mate of General [[Pervez Musharraf]], the former President of Pakistan.

==Role in Bangladesh Liberation War==
In March 1971 Jamil was promoted to the rank of Major in the Pakistani Army. On 27 March 1971, he mutinied against the Pakistani Army with Bengali officers and soldiers of 4th East Bengal Regiment (nicknamed Baby Tigers) after hearing the news of the genocide carried out by the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan/Bangladesh. As a [[Bangladesh Force (BDF)]] officer he fought against the Pakistani Forces in Sector-11 until 10 October, when he was ordered to fight in the Sylhet sector in Bangladesh.

In June 1971 he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 3rd East Bengal Regiment in Sector 11 under Sector Commander Major [[Ziaur Rahman]], later Commander of [[Z Force (Bangladesh)|Z Force]] Brigade. The 3rd [[East Bengal Regiment]] participated in numerous operations of varying scale. Zia also entrusted Jamil the defence of the Teldhala area. Under Zia's directive Major Jamil, assisted by Lieutenant Nurun Nabi and Captain Anwar, set up the first functioning Administrative Area there, which included a police station (The Roumari Police Station), a magistrate court, Customs and Excise hall, a public school, a jail house and a 10-bed hospital. On 27 August he was present with Zia at the opening of the first post office and two sub-post offices in the vicinity. On 11 October 1971 Major Shafaat Jamil's 3rd East Bengal Regiment participated in the battles of Chattak, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Although the Chattak Operation failed, under Jamil's leadership the 3rd East Bengal Regiment killed 364 Pakistani soldiers. Major Shafaat Jamil led his battalion in the Radhanagar Operation and he was injured in this battle. Jamil's battalion captured the Pakistani position where the Indian Army's Gurkha Regiment had previously failed.
Later Jamil received medical treatment for battle injuries at Shilong Military Hospital, Shilong, India.

==Bangladesh Army==
After the Independence War of Bangladesh, Jamil was promoted to Lt. Col. and was awarded [[Bir Bikram]] (the third highest gallantry award of Bangladesh). In 1974 he was promoted to Colonel and appointed Brigade Commander of 46 Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army at [[Dhaka Cantonment]]. He helped Brigadier [[Khaled Mosharraf]] to initiate an armed uprising on 3 November 1975 and proceeded towards Banga Bhaban against the regime of [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]]. Change came on 6 November with the exit of Moshtaque from the presidency and his replacement by Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahsan |first=Syed Badrul |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=17 August 2007 |title=Of Coups, Murders, and their Ramifications |work=Star Weekend Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2007/08/03/perspective.htm |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> On 7 November, a mutiny incited by [[Abu Taher]] resulted in the collapse of the coup; Khaled Mosharraf was assassinated while Colonel Jamil was arrested. He was retired from the Bangladesh Army on 26 March 1980.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 August 2012 |script-title=bn:বীর মুক্তিযোদ্ধা শাফায়াত জামিল আর নেই |trans-title=Freedom fighter Shafaat Jamil is no more |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?cid=2&id=201951 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814162747/http://www.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?id=201951&cid=2 |archive-date=14 August 2022}}</ref>

==Death==
Jamil lived a quiet life after his retirement and generally stayed far away from the media. In the early hours of 11 August 2012 he was taken to the [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital]], Dhaka after complaining of chest pains, however as his health deteriorated on the way, he was taken to [[Apollo Hospital Dhaka]] instead. He was declared dead by doctors at the hospital at 2:10 am.<ref name="prothom-alo1"/>

Shafaat Jamil's namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayer) was held at the Central Mosque of [[Dhaka Cantonment]] after Duhr prayers on 11 August. State minister for liberation war affairs ministry Captain Tajul Islam (Retired) and several military officers took part in the final prayer. He was buried at Banani's Army graveyard with traditional military honor and state honor.

Chief of the Army Staff General [[Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan]] paid his respects to the deceased at Banani's Military graveyard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shafaet Jamil laid to rest |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/08/11/shafaet-jamil-laid-to-rest |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>

==Family==
He left behind his wife, three sons and four grandchildren. His two eldest sons live in the US while his youngest son is serving in the [[Bangladesh Army]].<ref name="prothom-alo1"/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* "The War of Life: The Life of War" by Col. (Rtd) Engr. [[S I M Nurunnabi Khan]] [[Bir Bikram]]
* Jamil, Shafaat, " '71 Independence War – Bloody Mid-August and November Conspiracy"

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[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]

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