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Sultana Kamal (née Ahmed; 10 December 1951 – 15 August 1975), nicknamed Khuki, was a Bangladeshi athlete. She was married to Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She was killed during the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family.
Family
Sultana Khuki Ahmed was the eighth of the nine children of Mr. Dabiruddin Ahmed who was an engineer of Dhaka University. She was born in Dhaka’s Bakshibazar on 10 December 1952. On 14 July 1975 Sultana Ahmed married sports personality Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Afterwards, she adopted her husband’s name Kamal and was henceforth known as Mrs. Sultana Kamal.
Education and sports
Kamal was a student of the University of Dhaka. She held national records in long jump and 100-metres.
Death and legacy
On 15 August 1975 Khuki and her husband Kamal were assassinated alongside Kamal’s parents, brothers and other relatives.
In 2011, Bangladesh Women's Sports Association introduced the Sultana Kamal Independence Day Award for the contributors to Bangladesh's women's sports.
= Eponyms
=Sultana Kamal Women's Complex – a sports complex in Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Athlete Sultana Kamal Hall – a female student dormitory for Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology under the University of Dhaka
Sultana Kamal Gymnasium - a gymnasium for the students of University of Khulna
Sultana Kamal bridge - a bridge at Demra.
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