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]

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

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