Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury Explained

Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury
Office:6th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
President:Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Primeminister:Ataur Rahman Khan
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Moudud Ahmed
Predecessor:R. A. M. Golam Muktadir
Successor:Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury
Term Start:17 July 1985
Term End:30 June 1988
Allegiance:
(Before 1971)
Branch:
Serviceyears:1958-1988
Rank: Major General
Unit:Frontier Force Regiment (Before 1971)
East Bengal Regiment
Commands:
Battles:Bangladesh Liberation War

Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury is a retired two-star rank Bangladesh Army officer and former Director General of Bangladesh Rifles.[1]

Career

Chowdhury was the General Officer Commanding of the 33 Infantry division of Bangladesh Army. He was the Martial Law Administrator of Comilla region.[2] He served as the Director General of Bangladesh rifles from 17 July 1985 to 30 June 1988.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Near East/South Asia Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 79. 22 January 2017. en. 1986.
  2. Book: A Hand Book of Martial Law Proclamations, Regulations, Orders, and Instructions, 1982: As Modified Up to the 31st December 1986. Deputy Controller, Bangladesh Forms and Publications Office. 29. 22 January 2017. en. 1988.
  3. Web site: Border Guard Bangladesh. bgb.gov.bd. 22 January 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126185936/http://www.bgb.gov.bd/index.php/bgb/page/list_of_former_director_generals/26. 26 November 2016. dmy-all.