Aftab Uddin Chowdhury

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Aftab Uddin Chowdhury
আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-10
In office
1979–1984
Preceded byShamsul Haque
Succeeded byEnamul Haque
Personal details
Born
Aftabuddin Chowdhury Chan Mia

1 March 1912
Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency
DiedJuly 24, 1985(1985-07-24) (aged 73)
Political partyBangladesh Muslim League
ChildrenAman Ullah Chowdhury
Parents
  • Abedullah Chowdhury (father)
  • Halimunnesa Chowdhurani (mother)

Aftab Uddin Chowdhury (Bengali: আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী, (1 March 1912 – 24 July 1985)), 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.

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

  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.[permanent dead link]
  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.