Mohammad Khaled Hossain
Bangladeshi mountaineer
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Mohammed Khaled Hossain (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ খালেদ হোসেন) also known as Sajal Khaled was a Bangladeshi mountaineer and film director.[1] He was the 5th Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Mount Everest.[2][3] He reached the summit around 10:00am and 11:00am BST on May 20, 2013, and hoisted the flag of Bangladesh on the apex of the world. Descending from Mount Everest he died.[4][5] The accident might have occurred a few hours after he had reached the peak.
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Mohammad Khaled Hossain | |
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| সজল খালেদ | |
Khaled in 2013 | |
| Born | January 12, 1978 |
| Died | May 20, 2013 (aged 35) |
Resting place | Mount Everest |
| Other name | Sajal Khaled |
| Occupations | Mountaineer, film director |
| Known for | Being the 5th Bangladeshi to reach the top of Mount Everest. |
| Spouse | Tahmina Khan Shaily |
| Children | Susmit Hossain |
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Education
Hossain studied at Adamjee Cantonment Public School & College. He passed his SSC in 1993 and HSC in 1995. He completed his bachelor's in Computer Science from the Bangalore University, India and Masters in Media Technology and Engineering from the University of Applied Science, Cologne, Germany. He also had a Diploma in Graphics, Animation and Web Engineering.
Family
Hossain is the youngest among the six children of his parents. His father is Abdul Aziz Shakider, a retired deputy director of Bangladesh Bank, and mother is Sufia Begum. He married Tahmina Khan Shaily, Entrepreneur. Their only son is Susmit Hossain.[6]
Success on Mount Everest
Work
Hossain was the director of the movie "Kajoler Dinratri". For making this movie he got the national grant in 2012 and it was released in 2013.[9] Beside this full-length film, he had also made several documentary films. Among them Ekattorer Shobdoshena, Bangladesh, The Land of Smiles, and A Climatic report from Bangladesh are the most notable ones.
