Golam Ali Chowdhury
Bengali Muslim zamindar and philanthropist
About Golam Ali Chowdhury
Lived 1827 – 1888 (aged 60–61).
Mia Golam Ali Chowdhury Sahib (; 1824 – 7 January 1888), also known as Chowdhuri Golam Ali , was a 19th-century Bengali Muslim zamindar and philanthropist from Faridpur in eastern Bengal.
Life Chowdhury was born in 1824 to a Bengali zamindar family of Muslim Mridha-Chowdhuries in Haturia, then part of the Faridpur district of the Bengal Presidency. He was the feudal landlord of Haturia, now under the Shariatpur District of Bangladesh. He inherited from his father, Muhammad Ashuq Mridha of Idilpur, who was a shaykh influenced by the teachings of the Hanafite imam Abu Yusuf.
Chowdhury's zamindari was spread across the districts of Faridpur and Bakerganj. He was well known for his wealth and was a great patron of education and public welfare, and used to donate generously for this purpose. Chowdhury aided the government in constructing a public bridge and ghat in Madaripur and other roads in the district. He also entirely funded the building for Madaripur's first pharmacy, and largely contributed to the construction of Barisal Government Entrance School. Chowdhury donated ten thousand rupees to the Dacca College Extension Fund.
The Kheya Ghater Majhi poem mentions the might of Chowdhury Golam Ali. He also constructed a mosque in his village, Ghatakhan-Haturia, which has now been demolished and rebuilt.
Death and descendants Chowdhury died on 7 January 1888.
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Who was Golam Ali Chowdhury?
Bengali Muslim zamindar and philanthropist
When was Golam Ali Chowdhury born?
Golam Ali Chowdhury was born in 1827 in Bengal Presidency, Faridpur Division.
When did Golam Ali Chowdhury die?
Golam Ali Chowdhury died on 7 January 1888 in Bengal Presidency, Faridpur Division.
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