Sarder Jayenuddin

Sardar Jainuddin (1 March 1918 – 22 December 1986) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967 and Ekushey Padak in 1994 posthumously. Jainuddin was born in Kamarhati village, Sujanagar, Pabna District in 1918. Jayenuddin's son, Zia Ahmed, was a major general in Bangladesh Army and former chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.