Syeda Ashiqua Akbar

Syeda Umme Rushaida Ashiqua Akbar (Bengali: সৈয়দা উম্মে রুশাইদা আশিকা আকবর; née Chowdhurani, c. 1944 – 25 April 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-1 constituency during 1981-1982.[1]

Syeda Ashiqua Akbar
সৈয়দা আশিকা আকবর
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Tangail-1
In office
1981 – 24 March 1982
Preceded bySyed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
Succeeded byNizamul Islam
Personal details
Born
Syeda Umme Rushaida Ashiqua Chowdhurani

c. 1944
Bengal Presidency
Died (aged 78)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Children5
Parent
RelativesSyed Nawab Ali Chowdhury (grandfather)
Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury (grandfather)
Altaf Ali Chowdhury (uncle)
Mohammad Ali Bogra (cousin)
Hamida Begum (cousin-in-law)

Early life

Syeda Umme Rushaida Ashiqua Chowdhurani was born in c. 1944 to a Bengali zamindar family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. Her father Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury was a former minister in the East Bengal Legislative Assembly, whilst her grandfather Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dacca University and the first Muslim minister of British Bengal.[2][3][4] Her mother, Syedani Lamya Asya, was the daughter of Zamindar Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury of Natore.

Career

Akbar was elected to parliament in 1981 in a by-election from Tangail-1 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

Personal life

She married the banker and educationist Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad. Her father-in-law is A. M. Jalaluddin Ahmad, a former deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. Her children are Almas Akbar, Abraruddin Ahmad, Asfia Akbar, Atqia Akbar and Afeefuddin Ahmed.

Death

Akbar died on 25 April 2022.[1]

References
  1. "Ex-MP Ashika Akbar passes away". The Daily Star. 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  2. Abdus Salam, Muhammad (2012). "Chowdhury, Nawab Ali". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. Salam, Muhammad Abdus (17 April 2015). "In Memory of Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury". The News Today. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ধনবাড়ী উপজেলা. dhanbari.tangail.gov.bd. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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