Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury (1 August 1914 – 8 August 2012) was a Bangladeshi from

Bandarban Bandarban is a small town in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Bandarban District. It is located on the Sangu River. Demographics According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Bandarban city had a population of 54,450 and ...

belonging to

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. He was the 15th King of

Bohmong Circle The Bohmong Circle () or Bomang Circle () is one of three hereditary chiefdoms (or "circles") in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of modern-day Bangladesh. The jurisdiction of the Bohmong Circle encompasses parts of Bandarban District. The chiefdom's ...

Biography

Chowdhury was born on 1 August 1914. He was elected as a member of the

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in 1970. He was elected as a member of the

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from Chittagong Hill Tracts-2 in 1979. He was also appointed as the state minister of the

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. Chowdhury was appointed as the King of

on 19 November 1998. He remained as the King of

till his death. Chowdhury was married to Abain Prue Chowdhury. They had six sons and two daughters. His son Saching Prue Jerry is a former member of the

. His co-sister-in-law

Ma Mya Ching Ma Mya Ching is a Bangladeshi politician from Bandarban belonging to Bangladesh Nationalist Party. She is a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad. Biography Ching is Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury's co-sister-in-law and she is Saching Prue Jerry's au ...

is also a former member of the

. Chowdury died on 8 August 2012 at the age of 98.

Controversy

Chowdhury collaborated with the

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during the

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. He was made the state minister for cooperative society, fisheries and minority of the cabinet formed by Governor Dr AM Malik on September 17, 1971.

References

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