Abdur Rasheed Choudhury
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Abdur Rasheed Choudhury | |
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আব্দুর রশীদ চৌধুরী | |
| Member of Indian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1934–1944 | |
| President | Abdur Rahim |
| Preceded by | Abdul Matin Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Ali Asghar Khan |
| Constituency | Assam (Muslim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 4 March 1944 (aged 48) Sylhet, British India |
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| Children | 10 including Humayun and Faruk |
Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (died 1944) was a Bengali politician from Sylhet.
Choudhury was born to Bengali Muslim parents from Dargapasha, Sunamganj.[1]
Career
Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chaudhury together established Minar Printing and Publishing Limited on 14 July 1932 which published the weekly newspaper Jugabheri.[2] Before that, he worked as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Sylhet.[3] The editor of the newspaper was Moqbul Hussain Choudhury.[4] Chowdhury was a tea planter and owned Sirajnagar tea garden.[3][5] He also owned Hamdard Tea Company Limited and Dilkusha tea estate.[6]
Chowdhury served in the Central Legislative Assembly of India in the 1940s as an independent politician from the Muslim block of Assam.[7][8]