Kafiluddin Chowdhury was a

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Awami League politician and former member of Provincial and National Assembly of Pakistan.

Early life

Chowdhury was born in 1898 in Dayhata Majidpur, Srinagar, Munshiganj. He graduated from Hasara Kalikishore High School. He finished his law degree in Kolkata.

Career

Chowdhury started his legal career in Munshiganj sub-divisional court. He moved his practice to Dhaka. He started his political career in the

Krishak Praja Party The Krishak Sramik Party ( bn, কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি, ''Farmer Labourer Party'') was a major anti-feudal political party in the British Indian province of Bengal and later in the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal an ...

of AK Fazlul Huq. He campaigned for the

Movement for Pakistan The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the per ...

In 1954 he was elected to the provincial assembly. He served as the Minister of Law, Forest, Roads and Communication, and Land ministries in the provincial government of East Pakistan. He was imprisoned after president

Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced ...

declared Martial Law. He was elected to the National assembly in 1970. He crossed over to India during Bangladesh Liberation War.

Death and legacy

In November 1971 he had a heart attack. He moved to independent Bangladesh after the war on 31 January 1972. He died on 12 May 1972. His son

Badruddoza Chowdhury Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury (known as AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury; ; born 1 November 1932) served as the President of Bangladesh from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002. He was the founding secretary-general of B ...

would become the 13th

President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...

for a short stint of only six(6) and a half months.

References

Krishak Sramik Party politicians Awami League politicians 1898 births 1972 deaths {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub