Zakaria Khan Chowdhury

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Zakaria Khan Chowdhury
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
15 February 1996 – 12 June 1996
Preceded bySharif Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded bySharif Uddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born18 November 1933
Assam, British India
Died25 March 2021 (age 87)
Green Life Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Zakaria Khan Chowdhury (Bengali: জাকারিয়া খান চৌধুরী) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Member of Parliament from Habiganj-2.

Early life

Chowdhury was born 18 November 1933 in Assam, British India. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1955.[1]

Career

In 1960, Chowdhury created Purboshuri, a secret organisation, in London that would work for the Independence of Bangladesh. He protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in London over the filing of the

Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board.[1]

Chowdhury worked as an organiser during the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was the publisher of The Manobkantha.[2]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996.[3]

Death

Chowdhury died on 25 March 2021 at Green Life Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Language movement veteran, Liberation War organiser Zakaria Chowdhury no more | Prothom Alo". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  2. ^ a b "Language movement hero Zakaria Khan Chowdhury dies". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.