Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury (7 November 1927 – 23 December 2007) was a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and activist in the Bengali language movement. He wrote the first poem on the Bengali Language Movement. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2009 by the government of Bangladesh.

Early life Choudhury was born on 7 November 1927 in Gohira, Raozan Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British India, to Ahmadur Rahman Chowdhury and Rowshan Ara Begum. He passed the Entrance Examination with distinction from Gohira High School in 1947. After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, Choudhury formed a monthly magazine Shimanto. He protested against the killing of protesting farmers at Halda River by the Pakistan government. The poem was banned by the government of Pakistan. He was a central committee member and secretary of the Chittagong District unit of the Ganotontri Dal, a secular party established in 1953. She worked as the chief of the Women's Development Programme in UNICEF Bangladesh from 1979 until 1996.

Death and legacy Chowdhury died on 23 December 2007 in United Hospital, Dhaka. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2009.