Muazzem Hussein Chowdhury
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{infobox person
|name=Lalmia
|image=Lal Mia 1.jpg
|birth_date=1903
|birth_place=Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
|death_date={{death year and age|1967|1903}}
|death_place=Cox's Bazar, East Pakistan
}}
Al-Hajj Abd-Allah Zaheeruddin Moazzem Hossein Chowdhury (1903 – 1967), popular known as Lalmia, was a Bengali Muslim politician.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of4MAAAAIAAJ|title=Who's who|last=Nūrujjāmāna|first=Mohāmmada|date=1968-01-01|publisher=Eastern Publications|page=100|language=en}} He represented Faridpur District in the Bengal Legislative Council, the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, and National Assembly of Pakistan. He was Pakistan's federal Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Labour in the cabinet of Ayub Khan.
Early life
Lalmia was born in 1903 at the Moez Manzil in Faridpur. He was the eldest son of Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash. His father was a wealthy Bengali Muslim merchant and zamindar who was engaged in the Indian freedom struggle. The Bengal Provincial Conference of the Congress Party was held at the Moez Manzil. Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore both knew the young Lalmia. His father's lawyer Ambica Charan Mazumdar became President of the Indian National Congress during the 31st session of the All India Congress Committee which orchestrated the Lucknow Pact between the Congress and the All India Muslim League.{{cite web | url=http://www.aicc.org.in/new/past-president-detail.php?id=26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619104202/http://www.aicc.org.in/new/past-president-detail.php?id=26 | archive-date=19 June 2009 | title=All India Congress Committee - AICC }} Lalmia enrolled at Aligarh Muslim University in 1918. He married Begum Sayeeda Khatun Chowdhurani, a descendant of Tipu Sultan.
Political career
File:Letter by Mohammad Ali Bogra to Lal Mia.jpg Mohammad Ali Bogra to Lalmia on 30 April 1953]]
=British Bengal=
While at university, Lalmia got involved in the activities of the Congress Party. He took an active part in the Khilafat Movement between 1919 and 1922 in support of the Ottoman caliphate. He was arrested by the British colonial government.
Lalmia was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1932. He was a member of the council until the partition of India. The breakdown of Hindu-Muslim unity caused Lalmia's younger brother to become a leader of the Muslim League. In 1937, his younger brother was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Muslim League candidate.{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-258778 | title=Remembering Mohon Mia | date=25 November 2012 }} Lalmia joined the Muslim League in 1943. He attended rallies in Calcutta with Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. He played a key role in the Indian provincial elections, 1946 in which the Muslim League achieved a strong performance in Bengal, that ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947.
=Pakistan=
Lalmia was a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly and the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He was the Central Minister of Health, Labour and Social Welfare of Pakistan in 1965.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh|last=Rahman|first=Syedur|date=2010-04-27|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810874534|page=66|language=en}} Lalmia was member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan representing Faridpur-1.{{cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1962-1964|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/3rd%20National%20Assembly.pdf|access-date=6 April 2021|website=na.gov.pk}} He was also a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan.{{cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/4th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|access-date=19 January 2021|website=na.gov.pk}}
Family
Lalmia's younger brother Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (Mohan Mia) was the first General Secretary of the East Bengal Muslim League after the partition of India. Mohan Mia was known as the "kingmaker" of Bengali and Pakistani politics because of his coalition forming skills.{{cite web | url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/analysis/remembering-mohon-mia-1575035663 | title=Remembering Mohon Mia }} Lalmia's nephews Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf and Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf became leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His distant relative Kamran Hossain Chowdhury became a Jatiya Party leader. Lalmia's grandson Chowdhury Abd-Allah Quaseed is a prominent media and corporate personality in Bangladesh; he was a participant in the Commonwealth Common Purpose Leadership scheme sponsored by the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Anne, the Princess Royal.{{cite web | url=https://www.worldhrdcongress.com/role-players/2022/chowdhury-quaseed.html | title=World HRD Congress® | HRD | HR Events | HR Conference | HR Awards }}