Chowdhury Shamsuddin Ahmed

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Chowdhury Shamsuddin Ahmed, AKA Badsha Mia,{{Cite book |last=Nūrujjāmāna |first=Mohāmmada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of4MAAAAIAAJ&q=Chowdhury+Shamsuddin+Ahmed+faridpur |title=Who's who |date=1968 |publisher=Eastern Publications |pages=318 |language=en}} was a landed aristocrat of Faridpur District. He contested the Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 1937 from Faridpur East but lost to Yusuf Ali Chowdhury also known as Mohan Mia.{{Cite web |last=Huq |first=Enamul |date=2009-11-25 |title=Remembering Mohan Mia |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-115529 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Haq |first=Enamul |date=2007-11-26 |title=Mohan Mia: A pioneer among politicians |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-13008 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

In 1959, Ahmed was the chairman of the Faridpur District Board.{{Cite book |last1=Hamid (kazi) |first1=Abdul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ric-AQAAIAAJ&q=Chowdhury+Shamsuddin+Ahmed+faridpur |title=The All Pakistan Legal Decisions |last2=Ashraf (kazi) |first2=Mohammad |date=1959 |publisher=All-Pakistan Legal Decisions |pages=103 |language=en}} Ahmed was elected to the Pakistan National Assembly from Faridpur beating Yusuf Ali Chowdhury as a candidate of the Muslim League in 1962.{{Cite book |last=Rahman |first=Sheikh Mujibur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oScvZvKW9-kC&dq=Chowdhury+Shamsuddin+Ahmed+faridpur&pg=PT90 |title=Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: The Unfinished Memoirs |date=2012-06-01 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-703-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Pakistan National |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slvVAAAAMAAJ&q=Shamsuddin+Ahmed+Chowdhury+Badsha+Mia |title=Debates: Official report |date=1962 |publisher=Manager of Publications. |pages=1162 |language=en}}