Nural Hoda Choudhury

Nural Hoda Choudhury (Bengali: নূরুল হুদা চৌধুরী) was a Bengali politician and Pakistan Movement leader based in Dinajpur. He was a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan.[1]

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Nural Hoda Choudhury
নূরুল হুদা চৌধুরী
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1965–1969
Preceded byAbbas Ali Khan
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyDinajpur-cum-Bogra
Personal details
BornBengal Presidency
Political partyMuslim League

Early life

Nural Hoda was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Choudhuries in the village of Rajarampur in Fulbari, Dinajpur District, Bengal Presidency.[2] His father, Sharfuddin Choudhury, was the founder of Rajarampur Primary School (est. 1913) in which Muhammad Shahidullah briefly taught at.[3]

Career

Choudhury joined the Pakistan Movement and became a founding member of the Dinajpur District Muslim League in 1937.[4] He was later made the vice-president of the Dinajpur Muslim League. He also served as the vice-chairman of the Dinajpur District Board and was a representative member for the Radcliffe-Roedad Mission.[3]

Choudhury was elected to the Dinajpur-cum-Bogra constituency as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan following the 1965 elections under the Basic Democracy system.[5] He contested in the 1970 Pakistani general election as a Muslim League candidate for the Dinajpur-5 constituency, losing to Shah Mahatab Ahmad of the Awami League.[6] He is credited for the establishing the three-storey student accommodation at Fulbari College.[7]

Personal life

Choudhury had a son named Lauha-Manav Muhammad Ali Choudhury Badshah.[8]

References
  1. Pakistan National Assembly Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1968. p. 649.
  2. Ali, Sheikh Saber (9 September 2019). "৩৮ বছর ধরে লালফিতায় বন্দী ফুলবাড়ী জেলা বাস্তবায়ন ৬ উপজেলাবাসী দুর্ভোগে". Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Fulbari Upazila.
  3. "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali).
  4. Roy, Dhananjoy (2000). দিনাজপুর জেলার ইতিহাস (in Bengali). K. P. Bagchi & Company. pp. 328, 337.
  5. "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969" (PDF). na.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. Khokan, Salek (26 May 2016). "যুদ্ধাহতের ভাষ্য– ৪৭: 'ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশে স্বাভাবিক মৃত্যুর গ্যারান্টি কই'". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali).
  7. Chaudhury, Sangket (27 November 2011). "ফুলবাড়ী সরকারি কলেজে অনার্স কোর্স চালুর দাবী জানিয়েছেন সমাজসেবী মোহাম্মদ আলী" (in Bengali).
  8. "অসমাপ্ত মসজিদের নির্মাণ কাজ চালু". Thakurgaon Sangbad (in Bengali). 12 June 2022.
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