Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury

Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury joined the Pakistan Army in 1967. He was commissioned with 40 PMA Long Course in 1969. He was a freedom fighter in 1971 in the 2nd East Bengal Regiment.^[2][3] He was serving in the Second East Bengal Regiment as a captain when the Bangladesh Liberation war started. He served in the branch of Military Secretary in 1975 as a major. In the same year he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and took over as the assistant military secretary of Bangladesh Army. He later commanded the 19th East Bengal Regiment from 1977 to 1979.^[4][5] He served as the commander of Bogra Division.^[6] He served as the director general of the Bangladesh Rifles from 12 February 1995 to 18 July 1996.^[1][7]

He was sent to compulsory retirement on 25 May 1996 on charges of failed military coup.^{[6][8][9][10]}

Chowdhury was survived by three sons. His brother was Waji Ahmed Chowdhury, who had served as brigadier general.^[11] His father was the Islamic scholar Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Choudhury, himself the grandson of the Sufi poet Shah Abdul Wahab Choudhury. Chowdhury was also the maternal nephew of another religious scholar, Abdul Matin Chowdhury.^[12]