Abdul Hamid Chowdhury

Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী
Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
In office 1962–1968
Deputy President of the Bengal Legislative Council
In office 1940–1947
Preceded by	Hamidul Huq Choudhury
Personal details
Born	12 January 1896 Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	4 September 1969(1969-09-04) (aged 73) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Political party	Convention Muslim League[1]
Children	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
Relatives	Abul Hasan Chowdhury (grandson)

Abdul Hamid Chowdhury (Bengali: আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী; died 4 September 1969) was a Bengali politician and zamindar who was the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly from 1962 to 1968.

Early life and family

Chowdhury was born into a Bengali Muslim zamindar family in the village of Nagbari in Tangail, Mymensingh district, Bengal Presidency. His only son, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, was a former President of Bangladesh.[2] His grandson, Abul Hasan Chowdhury, was the former State Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3]

Career

Chowdhury served as the Deputy President of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1940 to 1947.[4] After the partition of Bengal in 1947, he served in Calcutta as the deputy high commissioner and as the dean of diplomatic corps on behalf of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.[5] He served as the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly between 1962 and 1968. Chowdhury was also a member of the Mymensingh District Board for 40 consecutive years, eventually becoming its chairman. He was the first Muslim president of Mymensingh Zilla School's committee and had also served as the director of the National Bank of Pakistan.[6]

Death

Chowdhury died on 4 September 1969 in East Pakistan.^[citation needed]

References

1. Nabi, Nuran (2010). Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story. p. 102. ISBN 9781452043777.
2. "সাবেক স্পিকার আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরীর ৪৫তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
3. "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Madhupur Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
4. "Death anniversary of Abdul Hamid Chowdhury today". The New Nation. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
5. "Abdul Hamid Chowdhury". The Daily Star. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
6. "আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরীর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 December 2019.