Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
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Preceded bySyed Ziaul Ahsan
Succeeded byGamiruddin Pradhan
Preceded byHamidul Huq Choudhury
Born12 January 1896
Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
Abdul Hamid Chowdhury | |
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আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী | |
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| Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1962–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Syed Ziaul Ahsan |
| Succeeded by | Gamiruddin Pradhan |
| Deputy President of the Bengal Legislative Council | |
| In office 1940–1946 | |
| Preceded by | Hamidul Huq Choudhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1896 Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 4 September 1969 (aged 73) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Party | Convention Muslim League[1] |
| Children | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury |
| Relatives | Abul Hasan Chowdhury (grandson) |
Abdul Hamid Chowdhury (Bengali: আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী; died 4 September 1969) was a Bengali politician and zamindar who was the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly from 1962 to 1968.
Chowdhury was born into a Bengali Muslim zamindar family in the village of Nagbari in Tangail, Mymensingh district, Bengal Presidency. His only son, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, was a former President of Bangladesh.[2] His grandson, Abul Hasan Chowdhury, was the former State Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3]