Abdul Matin Chaudhary ( bn, আব্দুল মতিন চৌধুরী; 1925–1989), also known by his

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Kola Mia ( bn, কলা মিঞা), and the

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Jinnar Daan Haat (lit. ''

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's right hand''), was a Pakistani

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politician, journalist and a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of

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. He was also Pakistan's inaugural

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Early life and education

Chaudhary was born on 13 February 1895 to a

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family in the village of Bhadeshwar in

Golapganj Golapganj Upazila ( bn, গোলাপগঞ্জ), previously known as Gulabganj, is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Golapganj Upazila (Sylhet District) area 278.34 km2, located in bet ...

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. His father, Abdul Karim Chaudhary, was a

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and his mother's name was Habibunnesa Khatun. He completed his secondary education at the Sylhet Government High School where he gained a first class in 1912. He then proceeded to study at the

Murari Chand College Murari Chand College ( bn, মুরারিচাঁদ কলেজ) (usually referred to as MC College) was the first college in the Sylhet Division. It was established in 1892, making it the seventh oldest college in Bangladesh. Since then i ...

where he completed his intermediate examinations in 1914. In 1916, Chaudhary graduated from the

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. He also completed his

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from Ripon College in

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in 1919.

Political career

Chaudhary served as a Minister for two terms in the Bengal provincial government during British Rule. He contributed to the establishment of the

Assam Provincial Muslim League Assam (; ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to ...

in 1937, and served as Commerce Minister at the

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under

Muhammed Saadulah Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla KCIE ( as, ছাৰ ছৈয়দ মহম্মদ ছাদুল্লাহ; 21 May 1885 – 8 January 1955) was the Prime Minister of Assam in British India. He was also the chairman of Gauhati Municipalit ...

. Between 1945 and 1947, he was a member of the

All-India Muslim League The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party established in Dhaka in 1906 when a group of prominent Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of British India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests on the Indian subcontin ...

's working committee. In 1947, he became a member of the 1st

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

and the country's first

. He was also a chief advisor to

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), often shortened as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bengali politician. His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Maulana Bhashani was pop ...

, a longtime member of the Aligarh University Court and a member of Pakistan's first

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Journalism

Chaudhary founded the

weekly magazine ''Jugbheri'' in 1932. He also published an English weekly magazine titled "''The Eastern Herald''" in 1939. Other than that, he was an editor of the '' The Mohammadi'' and a long-time assistant editor of the ''Daily Forward'' newspaper. He worked in the editing board of the

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from 1926 to 1927.

Death

Chaudhary died on 28 December 1948. He was buried in the historic

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Abdul Matin Assam MLAs 1937–1946 Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954 1895 births 1948 deaths Aligarh Muslim University alumni Burials at Mewa Shah Graveyard People from Golapganj Upazila Murari Chand College alumni Surendranath Law College alumni Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan