Gulzar Ahmed Chowdhury ( bn, গুলজ়ার আহমদ চৌধুরী; died 26 November 2019) was a politician in the Sunamganj District of the Sylhet Division of

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. He was elected member of parliament for the

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constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the sixth Jatiya Sangsad elections held on 15 February 1996.

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born in 1937, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in the village of Hatiya in Derai, Sunamganj, then part of the

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. After completing his matriculation from Jagannathpur High School in 1956, Chowdhury enrolled at the Sunamganj College. He was later expelled due to political activities against the ruling Muslim League political party. After being released from prison in 1958, Chowdhury completed his

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and gained admission into Murari Chand College in 1963. He failed his

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examinations in 1964 due to his political activities, but graduated from

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in 1966. He was then admitted to study law at the

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but did not end up taking the examinations.

Career

During the

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of 1971, Ahmed was one of the student freedom organisers in Derai. He was associated with the

Ganatantri Party Ganotantri Party, (Bengali: গণতন্ত্রি পার্টি, English: Democratic Party), is a left-wing political party in Bangladesh. The party is closely aligned with Bangladesh Awami League. Barrister Arosh Ali is the President a ...

. He was elected member of parliament for

constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the Sixth Jatiya Sangsad elections held on 15 February 1996.

Personal life

He was married to Syeda Zaibunnessa Khatun, a teacher at the Kishori Mohan Girls School. They had one son and two daughters.

Death

Ahmed died at 11:50 BST on 26 November 2019 in his residence in

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, two days after his wife's death. The next day, his first

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was performed in Chowkidighi Jame Mosque in

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. After Maghrib prayers, his second janaza and burial was undertaken in Shah Jalal Dargah.

References

External links

List of 6th Parliament Members
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2019 deaths People from Derai Upazila Politicians from Sylhet Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis Murari Chand College alumni University of Dhaka alumni 1937 births {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub