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Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (Bengali: আব্দুর রশীদ চৌধুরী; died 1944) was a Bengali politician from Sylhet.

Early life

Choudhury was born to Bengali Muslim parents from Dargapasha, Sunamganj.

Career

Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chaudhary together established Minar Printing and Publishing Limited on 14 July 1932 which published the weekly newspaper Jugabheri. Before that, he worked as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Sylhet. The editor of the newspaper was Moqbul Hussain Choudhury. Chowdhury was a tea planter and owned Sirajnagar tea garden. He also owned Hamdard Tea Company Limited and Dilkusha tea estate.

Chowdhury served in the Central Legislative Assembly of India in the 1940s as an independent politician from the Muslim block of Assam.

Personal life

Choudhury was married to Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (died 1974) when she was 16 as his second wife. He had three sons from his first marriage and seven from his second. His son, Humayun Rashid Choudhury (died 10 July 2001), was a diplomat and later the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament of Bangladesh). His other son, Faruk Rashid Chowdhury, served as the finance minister of Bangladesh.

Children

He had 10 children, among them:

• Humayun Rasheed Chowdhury
• Faruk Rasheed Chowdhury
• Zeba Rasheed Chowdhury
• Jahanzeb Chowdhury
• Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury

Death

Choudhury died in 1944.

References

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6. "Many tea gardens yet to pay huge land tax". The Daily Star. 28 January 1998. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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8. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1942. p. 365.
9. India Legislature Legislative Assembly (1944). The Legislative Assembly Debates: (Official Report). Government of India Press.
10. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960. p. 729.
11. Karim, Nasrine R. "Lest we forget: Humayun Rasheed Choudhury". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
12. Times, Special to the New York (23 September 1986). "Man in the News; U.N. Enthusiast at Assembly Helm: Humayun Rasheed Choudhury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
13. Who's who in Asian and Australasian Politics. Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.

• 1944 deaths
• Bengali politicians
• People from Dakshin Sunamganj Upazila
• Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India
• 20th-century Bengalis
• 1897 births