Ziauddin Ahmed

Ziauddin Ahmed (14 September 1950 – 28 July 2017) was a war hero, freedom fighter, and sub-sector commander under Sector 9 of Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Ziauddin was a witness in the Bangabandhu assassination case. He took part in the Day of Uprising of Soldier and People on 7 November 1975.

Early life and education Ziauddin was born at Parerhat village in Pirojpur District in 1950. His father, Aftabuddin Ahmed, was a chairman of Pirojpur municipality and founder of the then Pirojpur Awami League division.

Ziauddin Ahmed completed his higher secondary certificate from Pirojpur Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College. He was the Pirojpur Sub-Division Chhatra Union president in 1968.

Career Ahmed was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 27th Punjabis of the Pakistan Army in 1970. He was serving in the army in the then West Pakistan when the Liberation War broke out in 1971. 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 dissenting military officials and political leaders, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court. In 1980, he was freed on presidential clemency. Ziauddin served as municipality chairman of Pirojpur municipality between 1989 and 1991. In 1996, he joined the Awami League and was an advisor to the Awami League's Pirojpur unit. Ziauddin also forged a non-political organization named 'Banchao Sundarban', as part of protecting the wildlife sanctuary of Sundarban.

Personal life Ziauddin Ahmed was a writer and a journalist. He married Kaniz Mahmuda and fathered four children. His nephew, Mainur Rahman, is serving in the Bangladesh army as a lieutenant general. He was buried at his family graveyard at Parerhat Road in Pirojpur.