Jibon Kanai Das

Jibon Kanai Das is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army and a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Career In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, Das was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army under the Bangladesh War Courses.

On 15 August 1975, then-Captain Das, serving as officer commanding of the Bulk Inspection Unit in Dhaka Cantonment, became one of the early military officers to witness the aftermath of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family at their residence on Road 32, Dhanmondi. According to his later account, Das and fellow officer Captain Muqtadir Ali learned of the coup through a radio broadcast. On 3 May 2002, Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, issued a white paper that accused a number of ministers of the previous Awami League government, civil servants, and army officers of corruption, including Das.

From 29 January 2008 to 27 April 2008, Das was the director general of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. He was a member of the Gulshan Sarbajanin Puja Udjapan Parishad, and president of the Jashomadhav Temple Management Committee. He served as the president of the Bangladesh War Courses Foundation. He is the president of the Baridhara DOHS Puja Committee.