Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury

Nawab Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury (c. 1910 - 30 May 1981) was a Bengali politician, Minister and Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a Minister for Commerce and Industry East Pakistan after being elected in 1962 East Pakistani legislative election.[1][2]

Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
Minister for Commerce and Industry, East Pakistan
In office
1962–1963
Member of Parliament
for Tangail (Madhupur-Gopalpur)
In office
1937–1939
In office
1962–1963
Member of Parliament
for Tangail-1
In office
18 February 1979 – 30 May 1981
Personal details
Bornc. 1910
Dhanbari, Tangail, British India
Died30 May 1981(1981-05-30) (aged 70–71)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyKrishak Sramik Party
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Chowdhury was born in Dhanbari, Tangail to a zamindar family. His father Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal.[1][3][4][2]

Career

Chowdhury entered to the politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He was elected the member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Tangail (Madhupur-Gopalpur) constituency as a Krishak Sramik Party candidate during 1937 Indian provincial elections.[1] In 1962, he was made Minister for Commerce and Industry of East Pakistan.[5]

After the Liberation War of Bangladesh, he joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and elected as a member of parliament from Tangail-1 (Madhupur and Dhanbari) constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 18 February 1979.[1]

He died on 30 May 1981. After his death, his daughter Syeda Ashiqua Akbar was elected the member of parliament.[6]

References
  1. "রাজনীতি ও সমাজসেবায় ধনবাড়ীর নবাব পরিবারের অবদান". The Daily Sangram. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "ধনবাড়ী উপজেলা". dhanbari.tangail.gov.bd. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. "Chowdhury, Nawab Ali - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. Salam, Muhammad Abdus (17 April 2015). "In Memory of Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury". The News Today. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. "BOGRA-DANBARI". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. "ধনবাড়ীর জমিদারবাড়ি". samakal.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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