Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury

Nawab
Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Tangail-1
In office
18 February 1979 – 30 September 1981
Preceded byAbdus Sattar
Succeeded bySyeda Ashiqua Akbar
Minister for Commerce and Industry, East Pakistan
In office
1962–1963
Preceded byMuhammad Mansur Ali
Succeeded byDewan Abdur Rab Choudhury
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1939
Succeeded byIbrahim Khan
ConstituencyTangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur)
Personal details
Born17 September 1910
Tangail, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India
Died30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyKrishak Sramik Party
Other political
affiliations
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
ChildrenSyeda Ashiqua Akbar
Parent
RelativesMohammad Ali Bogra (nephew)
Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury (father-in-law)
OccupationPolitician

Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: সৈয়দ হাসান আলী চৌধুরী; c. 1910 – 30 September 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and the former Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a minister for commerce and industry in East Pakistan after being elected in the 1962 elections.

Early life

Chowdhury was born in c. 1910 to a Bengali zamindar family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. His father, Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal.

Career

Chowdhury entered politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He contested for the party in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Tangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur) constituency.

In 1962, he was made minister for commerce and industry of East Pakistan.[self-published source?] After the Bangladesh Liberation War, he contested as a Bangladesh National Party candidate from the Tangail-1 (Madhupur-Dhanbari) constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election, held on 18 February 1979.

Personal life

Chowdhury married Syedani Razya Khatun, a daughter of Zamindar Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury of Natore. After her death, he married her sister, Syedani Lamya Asya.

Death and legacy

He died on 30 September 1981. After his death, his only child, a daughter named Syeda Ashiqua Akbar, was elected as a member of parliament following a by-election.

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.
  2. 1 2 3 4 রাজনীতি ও সমাজসেবায় ধনবাড়ীর নবাব পরিবারের অবদান. The Daily Sangram. 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 ধনবাড়ী উপজেলা. dhanbari.tangail.gov.bd. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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  5. ↑ Salam, Muhammad Abdus (17 April 2015). "In Memory of Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury". The News Today. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Government of Bengal (1939). "Alphabetical list of members". Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939). Vol. 54. Alipore: Bengal Government Press.
  7. ↑ "BOGRA-DANBARI". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. ↑ কালের সাক্ষী ধনবাড়ী জমিদারবাড়ি. karunews24.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ↑ ধনবাড়ীর জমিদারবাড়ি. Samakal. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.