Shahadat Chowdhury

Shahadat Chowdhury (28 July 1943 – 29 November 2005) was a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of several news magazines.

Early life Shahadat Chowdhury was born on 28 July 1943 in Khulna to Abdul Haq Chowdhury, a district judge, and Jahanara Chowdhury.

Chowdhury completed his matriculation from Dhaka Graduate High School and bachelor's in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts. He was the travelogue writer of Kachi Kanchar Mela, a children's cultural organisation in the then East Pakistan.

Chowdhury joined as the founding editor of the journal of Media World group Shaptahik 2000. He built up a guerilla force and initiated adventurous actions in Dhaka. He assisted two daunting daughters of Poet Sufia Kamal crossing the border to India.

After the independence of Bangladesh, he joined the Weekly Bichitra in 1972 as an assistant editor and went on to become the editor of the magazine until 1997.

Personal life and death In 1977, one of the eyes of the first ever posthumous eye-donor of Bangladesh, ARM Inamul Haq, was transplanted to Chowdhury.

Chowdhury died on 28 November 2005.