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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Ziauddin Ahmed
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|birth_date=1950
|birth_place=[[Pirojpur District]], Bangladesh
|death_date=28 July 2017
|death_place=[[Mount Elizabeth Hospital]], [[Singapore]]
|nationality= [[Bangladesh]]i
|spouse=Kaniz Mahmuda
|children=
|alma_mater=
|profession=[[Military officer]]
|party=[[Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal]]<br>[[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|allegiance={{flag|Bangladesh|23px}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan|23px}} (before 1971)
|branch={{army|Pakistan}}<br>{{nowrap| [[File:Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg|23px|Bangladesh Army seal]] [[Bangladesh Army]]}}
|serviceyears=1969–1971 (Pakistan)<br>1971–1972 (Bangladesh)
|rank=[[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-3.svg|20px]][[Major]]
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'''Ziauddin Ahmed''' was a [[war hero]], [[Resistance movement|freedom fighter]] and [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War|sub-sector commander]] under Sector 9 of [[Mukti Bahini]] during [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=86663 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084650/http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=86663 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-12 |title=Sub sector commander Maj Ziauddin dies |work=The Daily Observer |date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

Ziauddin was a witness in [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu assassination case]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/243894/Freedom-fighter-Major-Ziauddin-passes-away |title=Freedom fighter Major Ziauddin passes away |work=Daily Sun |access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/76697/freedom-fighter-ziauddin--no-more |title=Freedom fighter Ziauddin no more |work=The Asian Age |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref> He took part in [[National Revolution and Solidarity Day|Day of Uprising of Soldier and People]] on November 7 in 1975.

== Early life and education ==
Ziaudding born at Parerhat village in [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur district]] in 1950.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=678959$date=2017-07-28&dateCurrent=2017-08-05 |title=News Details |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> His father Aftabuddin Ahmed was a chairman of Pirojpur municipality and founder of the then Pirojpur Awami League division.

Ziauddin Ahmed completed higher secondary certificate from Pirojpur Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/20731/freedom-fighter-ziauddin-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212090428/http://www.newagebd.net/article/20731/freedom-fighter-ziauddin-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-12 |title=Freedom fighter Ziauddin dies |work=New Age |date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref> He was the Pirojpur Sub-Division Chhatra Union president in 1968.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/sub-sector-commander-ziauddin-passes-away-1440394 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084357/http://www.thedailystar.net/city/sub-sector-commander-ziauddin-passes-away-1440394 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-12 |title=Sub-sector commander Ziauddin passes away |work=The Daily Star |date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

== Military career ==

=== Pakistan Army ===
Ziauddin Ahmed was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1969. He was serving the army in the then West Pakistan when the Liberation War broke out in 1971.<ref name=":0" />

=== Bangladesh liberation war ===
Ziauddin fled from Lahore, West Pakistan in July 1971 and joined the Liberation War thereafter.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed as commander of Sundarbans sub-sector under sector 9. He commanded the first [[East Bengal Regiment]]. He is reputed to have run the most disciplined force during the war.<ref name=":2" />

=== Bangladesh Army ===
Ziauddin was commissioned as a [[major]] of the Bangladesh Army in 1975. He was serving at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) during the brutal bloodbath of August 15, 1975. After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman he was relieved of his duty.

Following the killing of Bangabandhu on August 15, Ziauddin joined the so-called Day of Uprising of Soldier and People (otherwise known as National Revolution and Solidarity Day) on November 7 the same year under the leadership of Col Taher.

Later, he stood for the Biplobi Sainik Sangshta (Revolutionary Sepoy's Organisation) in opposing the military rule and took shelter in the Sundarbans with his followers as part of the resistance.

Ziaduddin was arrested in an army operation in the Sundarbans in 1976. Along with many other descanting military officials and political leaders, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court.

In 1980, he was freed on presidential clemency.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/07/28/liberation-war-sub-sector-commander-ziauddin-ahmed-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212083939/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/07/28/liberation-war-sub-sector-commander-ziauddin-ahmed-dies/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-12 |title=Liberation War sub-sector commander Ziauddin Ahmed dies |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

== Political career ==
After 1975 he moved to Pirojpur and joined Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. He started a non-political organisation "Banchao Sundarban" to protect the wildlife sanctuary of Sundarban.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/article/62621/Valiant-Freedom-fighter-Maj-Ziauddin-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212085959/http://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/article/62621/Valiant-Freedom-fighter-Maj-Ziauddin-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-12 |title=Valiant Freedom fighter Maj Ziauddin dies |work=banglanews24.com |date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

Ziauddin served as municipality chairman of Pirojpur municipality between 1989 and 1991. In 1996 he joined Awami League and was an advisor Awami League's Pirojpur unit.<ref name=":3" />

To eliminate bandits from Sundarbans Ziauddin formed an organisation of fishermen named Dubla Fisherman Group of which he was also the chairman.<ref name=":4" /> He was injured during a gun battle with the forest's bandits in 2013.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsforbd.net/english/newsdetail/detail/31/2480 |title=Bd Today:Major (retd) Ziauddin hit by bulletFour forest bandits killed in Sundarbans gunfight |website=newsforbd.net |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.amaderbarisal.com/english/188.aspx |title=Major Zia injured and death of 4 dacoits claimed |date=2013-01-18 |work=Amader Barisal News |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Ziauddin Ahmed was a writer and a journalist. He married Kaniz Mahmuda and fathered four children.<ref name=":5" /> He was nicknamed the ‘Mukuthin Somrat’ (crownless king) of the [[Sundarbans]].<ref name=":1" />

== Death ==
He had been suffering from liver ailments since 2015. He died at Singapore's [[Mount Elizabeth Hospital]] on 28 July 2017. He was given State Honour by the Bangladesh Army.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=87397 |title=Sub Sector Commander Ziauddin laid to rest - City News |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> He was buried at his family graveyard at Parerhat Road in [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur]].<ref name=":1" />

== Authored book ==
* Muktijuddhe Sundarban.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/07/28/freedom-fighter-maj-ziauddin-who-led-1971-battles-in-the-sundarbans-dies |title=Freedom fighter Maj Ziauddin who led 1971 battles in the Sundarbans dies |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Army officers]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Pirojpur District]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]
[[Category:1950 births]]

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