Aftab Uddin Chowdhury
{{short description|Bangladeshi diplomat and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aftab Uddin Chowdhury
| native_name = আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী
| office = Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-10
| native_name_lang = bn
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1984
| predecessor = Shamsul Haque
| successor = Enamul Haque
| children = Aman Ullah Chowdhury
| birth_date = 1 March 1912
| birth_place = Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1985|07|24|1912|3|1}}
| death_place =
| party = Bangladesh Muslim League
| birth_name = Aftabuddin Chowdhury Chan Mia
}}
Aftab Uddin Chowdhury ({{langx|bn|আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী}}, (1 March 1912 – 24 July 1985)), also known as Chan Miah ({{langx|bn|চান মিঞা}}), was a Bangladesh Muslim League politician, diplomat and a former member of parliament for the Mymensingh-10 constituency.
Biography
File:Bhaluka pilot high school.jpg, established by Aftab in 1948.]]
Chowdhury was born into a wealthy Bengali Muslim zamindari family in Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District on 1 March 1913.{{cite book|publisher=Saukhina Prakāśanī|title=পরিচিতি|year=1979|page=cxx}} His parents were Khan Sahib Abedullah Chowdhury and Halimunnesa Chowdhurani.
In 1948, Aftab Uddin Chowdhury was the founding secretary of the Bhaluka Pilot High School.{{cite news|url=http://ajkersangbad.com/3330/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%89/|last=Khan|first=Dina|location=Bhaluka|date=25 July 2014|title=সাবেক এমএনএ ও এমপি আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরীর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত|language=bn|website=Ajker Sangbad|trans-title=Former MNA & MP Aftab Uddin Chowdhury's death anniversary commemorated}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan from 1965 to 1969, representing the Pakistan Muslim League in the Mymensingh-VI constituency.{{cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/4th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|title=List of Members of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan from 1965-1969|website=National Assembly of Pakistan|quote=Aftabuddin Chowdhuri}} The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was built in the regime of Ayub Khan because of the proposal given by Chowdhury. He was elected to parliament for Mymensingh-10 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in the 1979 Bangladeshi general election.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2018}} He died on 24 July 1985.{{cite news|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/141628/33th-death-anniv-of-aftab-uddin-chowdhury-today.html|title=33th death anniv of Aftab Uddin Chowdhury today|date=24 July 2017|work=The New Nation}}
References
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Category:Bangladesh Muslim League politicians
Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969
Category:People from Bhaluka Upazila
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