Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
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Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury | |
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| Member of the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 18 February 1979 – 30 September 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Abdus Sattar |
| Succeeded by | Syeda Ashiqua Akbar |
| Constituency | Tangail-1 |
| Minister for Commerce and Industry, East Pakistan | |
| In office 1962–1963 | |
| Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1937–1939 | |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Khan[1] |
| Constituency | Tangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1910 Tangail, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| Died | 30 September 1981 (aged 71) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Krishak Sramik Party Awami League Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Children | Syeda Ashiqua Akbar |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Afeefuddin Ahmed (grandson) Mohammad Ali Bogra (nephew) Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury (father-in-law) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: সৈয়দ হাসান আলী চৌধুরী; c. 1910 – 30 September 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and the former Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a Minister for Commerce and Industry in East Pakistan after being elected in 1962 elections.[2][3]
Chowdhury was born in c. 1910 to a Bengali zamindar family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. His father Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal.[2][4][5][3]
Career
Chowdhury entered politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He contested for the party in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Tangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur) constituency.[6][2]
In 1962, he was made Minister for Commerce and Industry of East Pakistan.[7] After the Bangladesh Liberation War, he contested as a Bangladesh National Party candidate from the Tangail-1 (Madhupur-Dhanbari) constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 18 February 1979. He was the All Committee's Chair of the second Jatiyo Sangshad].[2]