Badi Ahmad Chowdhury

Badi Ahmed Chowdhury started his career soon after completing his primary education. At the age of 18, he was appointed as the Manager of Muhammad Abdul Bari's Munshi Estate in Anwara. Later, he served as the President of Bailchhari-Katharia Union in Banshkhali for a long 30 years from 1920 to 1950.^[6] In June 1929, he contested the Bengal Legislative Council elections for Chittagong South constituency (13 thanas from Rangunia to Teknaf) and won, serving as a member of the Council for eight years. Additionally, on December 15, 1943, he was by-elected as a Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (MLA) as a representative of the zamindars of Chittagong, Noakhali, Sylhet, and Tipperah, which formed the divisional Chittagong Landholders constituency.^[5] He was awarded the title "Amirul Hajj" in 1935 as the representative of the pilgrims of undivided Bengal,^[7] and the title "Khan Bahadur" by the British Raj in 1936. When famine struck Chittagong during World War II he approved 700,000 tons of rice from the legislature through a motion in the Bengal Legislative Assembly and distributed it to Chittagong.^[6] He was a member of various industrial, business and other organizations in Bengal and held important positions. He was the Commissioner of Chittagong Municipality, a member of the General Hospital and Medical School, a director of the Deshpriya Sugar Mill, Calcutta and the Indo-Burma Traders Bank.^[6]

He died on 13 April 1962 in East Pakistan.^[5]