Khasruzzaman Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Pakistani civil servant. He was the sub-divisional commissioner of Kishorganj District and participated in the

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in 1971. He was awarded the

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, the highest civilian award, in 2014 for his contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War. Chowdhury completed his master's degree in economics at

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. He did his PhD at

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. Chowdhury had joined the East Pakistan Civil Service. He was a batchmate of Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, and

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. He joined the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was appointed the deputy commissioner of Mymensingh Division after the independence of Bangladesh. Chowdhury was the secretary of

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. He wrote an autobiography, ''The Turbulent 1971: My diary''. Chowdhury died on 4 February 2013.

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