Golam Ali Chowdhury
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| Occupation(s) | Landlord, philanthropist |
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Mia Golam Ali Chowdhury Sahib (
Life
Chowdhury was the feudal landlord of
Chowdhury's
The Kheya Ghater Majhi poem mentions the might of Chowdhury Golam Ali.[2][7] He also constructed a mosque in his village, Ghatakhan-Haturia, which has now been demolished and rebuilt.[8]
Death and descendants
Chowdhury died on 7 January 1888.[9] He was buried in his village in Ghatakhan (Haturia), and his brick grave is still preserved. The western wall of the grave has a Bengali inscription consisting of eight lines.[8]
He had three wives, with whom he had three sons and eight daughters.[2] His first wife, Aizunnesa Khatun, was the mother of Ali Ahmad Chowdhury and two daughters. After the death of his younger brother, Chowdhury married his widowed sister-in-law Izzatunnesa Khatun, who was his first wife's half-sister. Together they had two sons, Amjad Ali Chowdhury and Tajammul Ali Chowdhury, and six daughters with the eldest being Karimunnesa. Chowdhury had two daughters with his third wife, Jawaidunnesa, and he died before the birth of the younger daughter, Majidunnesa.[9][10]
References
- ^ "July 14, 1875", The Calcutta Gazette, July-September 1875, p. 860
- ^ a b c The Modern History of the Indian Chiefs, Rajas, Zamindars, &c. J.N. Ghose. 1881. p. 298. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "জেলার দর্শনীয় স্থানসমূহ". Superintendent of police, Shariatpur. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ISBN 9788170741459.
- ISBN 9781351186735.
- ^ BEC, 874, April 1877, 39-13, 157
- ^ Ahmed, Wakil (1983). "ব্যাক্তি ও ব্যাক্তিত্ত্ব". উনিশ শতকে বাঙালী মুসলমানের চিন্তাচেতনার ধারা [The trend of Bengali Muslim thought in the 19th century] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Bangla Academy. p. 101.
- ^ ISBN 9789847730004.
- ^ a b "Privy Council Appeal No. 90 of 1922, from Bengal Appeal No. 27 of 1919", Case Mine, 5 December 1994,
Karimunnessa Khatun and others v. Mahomed Fazlul Karim and others
- Calcutta: D.V. Chitaley: 587.
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