Abdur Rasheed Choudhury
Abdur Rasheed Choudhury | |
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আব্দুর রশীদ চৌধুরী | |
| Member of Indian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1934–1944 | |
| President | Abdur Rahim |
| Preceded by | Abdul Matin Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Ali Asghar Khan |
| Constituency | Assam (Muslim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 4 March 1944 (aged 48) Sylhet, British India |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 10 including Humayun and Faruk |
Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (died 1944) was a Bengali politician from Sylhet.
Early life
Choudhury was born to Bengali Muslim parents from Dargapasha, Sunamganj.[1]
Career
Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chaudhury together established Minar Printing and Publishing Limited on 14 July 1932 which published the weekly newspaper Jugabheri.[2] Before that, he worked as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Sylhet.[3] The editor of the newspaper was Moqbul Hussain Choudhury.[4] Chowdhury was a tea planter and owned Sirajnagar tea garden.[3][5] He also owned Hamdard Tea Company Limited and Dilkusha tea estate.[6]
Chowdhury served in the Central Legislative Assembly of India in the 1940s as an independent politician from the Muslim block of Assam.[7][8]
Personal life
Abdur Rasheed Choudhury first married Razia Rashid, a senior Cambridge graduate from an institution in Calcutta.[9] She died from tuberculosis in 1918.[9] He had three children including Aminur Rashid Chowdhury (1915–1985) from this marriage.[9]
Choudhury then married Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (1910–1974) in 1926.[3][10] He went on to have seven more children from this marriage.[3] The eldest son, Humayun Rashid Choudhury (1928–2001), was a diplomat and later the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament of Bangladesh).[11][3][12] Another son, Faruk Rashid Chowdhury, served as the state minister of finance, and fisheries and livestock.[3][13] Others were Zeba Rasheed Chowdhury, Jahanzeb Chowdhury, Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury, and Kaiser Rasheed Chowdhury.
Death
Choudhury died in 1944.[3]
References
- ↑ হুমায়ূন রশীদ চৌধুরী. Bangladesh National Portal. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ Shibly, Atful Hye (2011). Abdul Matin Chaudhury (1895-1948): Trusted Lieutenant of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Juned Ahmed Choudhury. ISBN 978-984-33-2323-1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Al-Mahmood, Syed Zain (25 June 2010). "Tribute: A Legacy of Love". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Maslog, Crispin C. (1985). 5 Successful Asian Community Newspapers. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre. pp. 15–17. ISBN 978-9971-905-21-7.
- ↑ "Many tea gardens yet to pay huge land tax". The Daily Star. 28 January 1998. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "Hamdard Tea Company, Limited in Dhaka". 1002-bd.all.biz. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1942. p. 365.
- ↑ India Legislature Legislative Assembly (1944). The Legislative Assembly Debates: (Official Report). Government of India Press.
- 1 2 3 Siddiquee, Iqbal (29 September 2007). "Aminur Rashid Chowdhury: Culture and Politics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ Khan, Khan Tahawar Ali, ed. (1960). "Serajunnessa Choudhury, Mrs". Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan (1960-61 ed.). Lahore: Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. p. 729. OCLC 01774840.
- ↑ Karim, Nasrine R. "Lest we forget: Humayun Rasheed Choudhury". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "Man in the News; U.N. Enthusiast at Assembly Helm: Humayun Rasheed Choudhury". The New York Times. 23 September 1986. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics. Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.