Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Date of Birth

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

Bangladesh Army general

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1953

Profession: military leader

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, (born 2 February 1953 in Munshiganj District, East Pakistan) is a retired three-star general of the Bangladesh Army and former Chief of the Border Guard Bangladesh during the conflicts with Border Security Force of India and skirmishes with Banga Sena militant group in the Bangladesh–India border.A former Principal Staff Officer of the Army of Bangladesh he was elevated to the position of Quartermaster general at the same time his Military Academy course-mate Moeen U Ahmed, the Chief of the Army Staff was made first serving Four-star General in national military history.
He is widely known to be credited to have gone to the Presidential Palace to ask the President of Bangladesh to declare the State of emergency which led to the Events of 2008 that brought the military in power.