Golam Wahed Choudhury

Golam Wahed Choudhury, also known as G W Choudhury was a East Pakistan born (present day Bangladesh) Pakistani diplomat and academic.[1]

Life and career

Golam Wahed Choudhury was born in 1926 at Madaripur, then British India, now Bangladesh. His mother was the daughter of Ibrahim Saber, brother of Begum Rokeya. He obtained his BA (Hons) in 1945 and MA degree in 1946, both in political science from Calcutta University.[1]

Choudury created Golam Mowla Faima Trust and established a number of charitable institutions in Madaripur district.[1]

Selected works

  • Choudhury, G. W. (1963). Democracy in Pakistan. Dhaka: Green Book House. OCLC 862484.
  • —— (1967). Documents and Speeches on the Constitution of Pakistan. Dhaka: Green Book House. OCLC 1020813.
  • —— (1968). Pakistan's Relations with India, 1947-1966. Praeger. OCLC 443793.
  • —— (1974). The Last days of United Pakistan. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33260-8.
  • —— (1975). India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Major Powers: Politics of a Divided Subcontinent. Free Press. ISBN 978-0-02-905390-4.
  • —— (1977). Chinese Perception of the World. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-0527-1.
  • —— (1982). China in World Affairs: The Foreign Policy of the PRC since 1970. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-86531-329-3.
  • —— (1983). Islam and the Modern Muslim World. London: Scorpion. ISBN 978-0-905906-43-0.
  • —— (1988). Pakistan, Transition from Military to Civilian Rule. London: Scorpion. ISBN 978-0-905906-68-3.
  • —— (1990). Islam and the Contemporary World. London: Indus Thames. ISBN 978-1-85555-000-1.

Pakistan's Relations with India, 1947-1966

Norman Palmer in a scholarly review of Pakistan's Relations with India, 1947-1966 sees the study as fullest and "most satisfactory" in its coverage of the historical context, the partition of India and the first decade of relations between India and Pakistan. While Palmer understands the author's "pro-Pakistani bias" she notes that the analysis is scholarly with the sole exception of the coverage to the 1965 India-Pakistan war.[2]

Wayne Wilcox reviews the book as a well-written "defense lawyer's brief" which gathers a large amount of evidence to convince the jury. Wilcox notes that being written at Cambridge, the book exercises a restrained tone which shows "some detachment".[3]

Death

Chowdhury died aged 71 on 13 December 1997 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was survived by his wife, Dilara Choudhury, a professor of political science at Jahangirnagar University, Savar and two sons, Golam Mabud of Warren, New Jersey and Golam Sayeed of Baltimore.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chowdhury, Dilara (2012). "Choudhury, Golam Wahed". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Norman (1969). "Pakistan's Relations with India; 1947-1966 - Book review". Pacific Affairs. 42 (1): 113–115.
  3. ↑ Wayne, Wilcox (1969). "Pakistan's Relations with India: 1947-1966 - Book review". The Journal of Politics. 31 (3): 833–836.
  4. ↑ "G. W. Ghoudhury, 71, Teacher, Diplomat. Columbia University Record, January 30, 1998". Columbia.edu. 1998-01-30. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

Further reading

  • Wilcox, Wayne (1965). "Reviewed Work: Democracy in Pakistan by G. W. Choudhury". Pacific Affairs. 38 (3/4): 418–419. JSTOR 2754094.
  • Fluno, Robert Y. (March 1966). "Reviewed Work: Democracy in Pakistan by G. W. Choudhury". The Western Political Quarterly. 19 (1): 156–157. doi:10.1177/106591296601900117. JSTOR 445482.
  • Palmer, Norman D. (Spring 1969). "Reviewed Work: Pakistan's Relations With India, 1947–1966 by G. W. Choudhury". Pacific Affairs. 42 (1): 113–115. JSTOR 2754895.
  • Kiernan, V. G. (July 1975). "Reviewed Work: The Last Days of United Pakistan by G. W. Choudhury". International Affairs. 51 (3): 453–454. JSTOR 2616673.
  • Weil, T. Eliot (Spring 1976). "Reviewed Work: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Major Powers: Politics of a Divided Subcontinent by G. W. Choudhury". Middle East Journal. 30 (2): 240. JSTOR 4325501.
  • Mustafa, Zubeida (1976). "Reviewed Work: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Major Powers: Politics of a Divided Subcontinent by G. W. Choudhury". Pakistan Horizon. 29 (3): 48–50. JSTOR 41403879.
  • LaPorte Jr., Robert (May 1977). "Reviewed Work: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Major Powers: Politics of a Divided Subcontinent by G. W. Choudhury". The Journal of Asian Studies. 36 (3): 586–587. doi:10.2307/2054147.
  • Ziring, Lawrence (September 1977). "Reviewed Work: The Last Days of United Pakistan by G. W. Choudhury". The American Political Science Review. 71 (3): 1219–1220. JSTOR 1960203.
  • Gauhar, Altaf (1998). Thoughts and after thoughts. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications. pp. 190–191.
  • Garver, John W. (2011). Protracted Contest. University of Washington Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-295-80120-9.
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