Abdul Momin Chowdhury (born 22 January 1940) is a Bangladeshi historian and academic. He was the

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and

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, Bangladesh. He also served as the President of Bangladesh History Association and

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Early life and education

Chowdhury was born to Abdul Wadud Chowdhury and Shirin Begum in 1940. He passed Matriculation from

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, Dhaka in 1954 and I.A. from

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, Dhaka in 1956. He completed B.A. (Honors) and M.A. in history in 1959 and 1960 respectively from the

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. He achieved Ph.D. from the

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in 1965. He did post-doctoral research at

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from 1975 to 1976 as a Commonwealth Fellow. He spent an academic year (2013-2014) at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., as a visiting scholar with a Senior Fulbright Fellowship.

Career

Chowdhury started his teaching career as a Lecturer of history at Dhaka University in 1961. He became a Professor in 1978 and served there until 2013. In long professional career, he was the Chairman of the Department of History, Librarian (in addition to teaching), Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Member of the Syndicate and Senate at the

. He was associated with various learned professional organizations. He served as the General Secretary and President of Bangladesh History Association. He was President of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (ASB), as well. He is a respected Fellow of the ASB. He served as the

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and

, Bangladesh.

Works

Chowdhury has written a number of books and published more than 40 research articles in national and international journals. One of his widely acclaimed books is, ''Dynastic History of Bengal (750-1200 A.D.)'', Asiatic Society of Pakistan, Dacca, 1967.

References

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