Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury (3 January 1955 – 11 March 2021) was a

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politician and a

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member representing the

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constituency for three terms.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 3 January 1955 in Nurpur, Fenchuganj to Delwar Hossain Chowdhury and Asiya Khanom Chowdhury. He was the sixth of seven brothers and had four elder sisters.The wider family mostly reside in UK and US. He had an

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degree, which he obtained from a university in the UK.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Sylhet-3 on 5 January 2014 as an

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candidate. He was a member of

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. Chowdhury also served as the vice-president of the Awami League's

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Unit.

Death

After contracting

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, during the

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, Chowdhury was taken to

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where he died on 11 March 2021. A

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helicopter later took his body to his home upazila of Fenchuganj, landing at the Natural Gas Fertiliser Factory playground. Thereafter, an ambulance transported him to his residence, the Nurpur Borobari, and his

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was conducted at

Kasim Ali Model High School Kasim Ali Model High School ( bn, কাসিম আলি মডেল উচ্চবিদ্যালয়) is a secondary school situated in the Rajonpur area of Fenchuganj Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. The school is accredited by t ...

. He was then buried in his family graveyard in Nurpur.

References

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