Aftab Uddin Chowdhury ( bn, আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী, (1 March 1912 – 24 July 1985)), also known as Chan Miah ( bn, চান মিঞা), is a

Bangladesh Muslim League The Bangladesh Muslim League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ) is a political party in Bangladesh that traces its origins to the All-India Muslim League, established in 1906. The party was banned along with other Islam ...

politician, diplomat and the former Member of Parliament for the

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constituency.

Biography

Chowdhury was born into a wealthy Bengali Muslim

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i family in Dhampur, Bhaluka,

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on 1 March 1913. His parents were Khan Sahib Abedullah Chowdhury and Halimunnesa Chowdhurani. In 1948, Aftab Uddin Chowdhury was the founding secretary of the Bhaluka Pilot High School. He was a member of the

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from 1965 to 1969, representing the Pakistan Muslim League in the Mymensingh-VI constituency. The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was built in the regime of

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because of the proposal given by Chowdhury. He was elected to parliament for

as a

candidate in the

1979 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winnin ...

. He died on 24 July 1985.

References

Bangladesh Muslim League politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969 1985 deaths People from Bhaluka Upazila 1912 births {{Mymensingh-politician-stub