About Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury
Lived 1916 – 1974 (aged 57–58). Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani politician.
Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury (1916 – 1974) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
Early life Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was born in Uttar Kattali, Chittagong in 1916. He studied in Kattali Nurul Huq Chowdhury High School and Pahartali Railway High School, and went on to Calcutta Islamia College.
Career He joined the All-India Muslim League in 1940. He was one of the founding members Awami Muslim League in 1949. He was a labour activist and was the assistant secretary of Trade Union Federation. He was active in the Language Movement. In 1954 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the united front representing Chittagong centre. He supported the Six point movement and was imprisonment for it. In 1970 he elected to Provincial Assembly from Kotwali, Chittagong from the Awami League.
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Bangladeshi politician
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Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was born in 1916.
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Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury died on 1 July 1974.
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Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was a politician.
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Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani.
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