Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
{{Short description|Bengali politician and zamindar (died 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
| native_name = আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Abdul Hamid Chowdhury.jpg
| office = Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1968
| office1 = Deputy President of the Bengal Legislative Council
| predecessor1 = Hamidul Huq Choudhury
| term_start1 = 1940
| term_end1 = 1947
| birth_date = 12 January 1896
| birth_place = Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_place = Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|9|4|1896|1|12|df=y}}
| children = Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
| alma_mater =
| party = Convention Muslim League{{cite book|title=Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story|author=Nabi, Nuran|isbn=9781452043777|year=2010|page=102}}
| relatives = Abul Hasan Chowdhury (grandson)
}}
Abdul Hamid Chowdhury ({{langx|bn|আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরী}}; died 4 September 1969) was a Bengali politician and zamindar who was the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly from 1962 to 1968.
Early life and family
Chowdhury was born into a Bengali Muslim zamindar family in the village of Nagbari in Tangail, Mymensingh district, Bengal Presidency. His only son, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, was a former President of Bangladesh.{{cite web|title=সাবেক স্পিকার আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরীর ৪৫তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ |url=https://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/others/2014/09/04/1680.html |work=The Daily Ittefaq |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228171854/https://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/others/2014/09/04/1680.html|language=bn}} His grandson, Abul Hasan Chowdhury, was the former State Minister of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web|title=প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|website=Madhupur Upazila|url=http://madhupur.tangail.gov.bd/site/page/793a4f1a-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF | language=bn | access-date=2018-11-30 |archive-date=2018-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026105818/http://madhupur.tangail.gov.bd/site/page/793a4f1a-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF}}
Career
Chowdhury served as the Deputy President of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1940 to 1947.{{cite web|work=The New Nation|title=Death anniversary of Abdul Hamid Chowdhury today |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/24032/death-anniversary-of-abdul-hamid-chowdhury-today.html |access-date=28 December 2019}} After the partition of Bengal in 1947, he served in Calcutta as the deputy high commissioner and as the dean of diplomatic corps on behalf of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.{{cite web |title=Abdul Hamid Chowdhury |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/abdul-hamid-chowdhury |work=The Daily Star|access-date=28 December 2019|date=4 September 2013}} He served as the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly between 1962 and 1968. Chowdhury was also a member of the Mymensingh District Board for 40 consecutive years, eventually becoming its chairman. He was the first Muslim president of Mymensingh Zilla School's committee and had also served as the director of the National Bank of Pakistan.{{cite web|title=আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরীর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ |url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/city/437437/-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |work=Daily Naya Diganta|access-date=28 December 2019|language=bn}}
Death
Chowdhury died on 4 September 1969 in East Pakistan.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
References
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Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:Politicians from East Pakistan
Category:People from Kalihati Upazila
Category:Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan