Aftab Uddin Chowdhury

Aftab Uddin Chowdhury (Bengali: আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী), also known as Chan Miah (Bengali: চান মিঞা), is a Bangladesh Muslim League politician, diplomat and the former Member of Parliament for the Mymensingh-10 constituency.

Aftab Uddin Chowdhury
আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-10
In office
1979–1984
Preceded byShamsul Haque
Succeeded byEnamul Haque
Personal details
Born1 March 1913
Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency
DiedJuly 24, 1985(1985-07-24) (aged 72)
Political partyBangladesh Muslim League
ChildrenAman Ullah Chowdhury
Parents
  • Abedullah Chowdhury (father)
  • Halimunnesa Chowdhurani (mother)

Biography
The Bhaluka Pilot High School, established by Aftab in 1948.

Chowdhury was born into a wealthy Bengali Muslim zamindari family in Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District on 1 March 1913.[1] His parents were Khan Sahib Abedullah Chowdhury and Halimunnesa Chowdhurani.

In 1948, Aftab Uddin Chowdhury was the founding secretary of the Bhaluka Pilot High School.[2] He was a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan from 1965 to 1969, representing the Pakistan Muslim League in the Mymensingh-VI constituency.[3] The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was built in the regime of Ayub Khan because of the proposal given by Chowdhury. He was elected to parliament for Mymensingh-10 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in the 1979 Bangladeshi general election.[4] He died on 24 July 1985.[5]

References
  1. পরিচিতি. Saukhina Prakāśanī. 1979. p. cxx.
  2. Khan, Dina (25 July 2014). "সাবেক এমএনএ ও এমপি আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরীর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত" [Former MNA & MP Aftab Uddin Chowdhury's death anniversary commemorated]. Ajker Sangbad (in Bengali). Bhaluka.
  3. "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. Aftabuddin Chowdhuri
  4. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. "33th death anniv of Aftab Uddin Chowdhury today". The Daily New Nation. 24 July 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.