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 | |
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আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-10 | |
In office 1979–1984 | |
Preceded by | Shamsul Haque |
Succeeded by | Enamul Haque |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 March 1913 Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency |
Died | July 24, 1985 72) | (aged
Political party | Bangladesh Muslim League |
Children | Aman Ullah Chowdhury |
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Biography
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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
- পরিচিতি. Saukhina Prakāśanī. 1979. p. cxx.
- 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.
- "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan.
Aftabuddin Chowdhuri
- "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "33th death anniv of Aftab Uddin Chowdhury today". The Daily New Nation. 24 July 2017.