Aftab Uddin Chowdhury (, (1 March 1912 – 24 July 1985)), also known as Chan Miah (), was a

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politician, diplomat and a former member of parliament for the Mymensingh-10 constituency.

Biography

Chowdhury was born into a wealthy

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i family in Dhampur, Bhaluka,

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

on 1 March 1913. His parents were

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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 4th National Assembly of Pakistan 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 Mymensingh-10 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 (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won ...

. 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