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Nural Hoda Choudhury

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Nural Hoda Choudhury
নূরুল হুদা চৌধুরী
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1965–1969
Preceded byAbbas Ali Khan
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyDinajpur-cum-Bogra
Personal details
BornBengal Presidency
Political partyMuslim League

Nural Hoda Choudhury (Bengali: নূরুল হুদা চৌধুরী) was a Bengali politician and Pakistan Movement leader based in Dinajpur. He was a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan.[1]

Early life

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Nural Hoda was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Choudhuries in the village of Rajarampur in Fulbari, Dinajpur District, Bengal Presidency.[2] His father, Sharfuddin Choudhury, was the founder of Rajarampur Primary School (est. 1913) in which Muhammad Shahidullah briefly taught at.[3]

Career

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Choudhury joined the Pakistan Movement and became a founding member of the Dinajpur District Muslim League in 1937.[4] He was later made the vice-president of the Dinajpur Muslim League. He also served as the vice-chairman of the Dinajpur District Board and was a representative member for the Radcliffe-Roedad Mission.[3]

Choudhury was elected to the Dinajpur-cum-Bogra constituency as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan following the 1965 elections under the Basic Democracy system.[5] He contested in the 1970 Pakistani general election as a Muslim League candidate for the Dinajpur-5 constituency, losing to Shah Mahatab Ahmad of the Awami League.[6] He is credited for the establishing the three-storey student accommodation at Fulbari College.[7]

Personal life

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Choudhury had a son named Lauha-Manav Muhammad Ali Choudhury Badshah.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Pakistan National Assembly Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1968. p. 649.
  2. ^ Ali, Sheikh Saber (9 September 2019). "৩৮ বছর ধরে লালফিতায় বন্দী ফুলবাড়ী জেলা বাস্তবায়ন ৬ উপজেলাবাসী দুর্ভোগে". Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Fulbari Upazila.
  3. ^ a b "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali).
  4. ^ Roy, Dhananjoy (2000). দিনাজপুর জেলার ইতিহাস (in Bengali). K. P. Bagchi & Company. pp. 328, 337.
  5. ^ "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969" (PDF). na.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ Khokan, Salek (26 May 2016). "যুদ্ধাহতের ভাষ্য– ৪৭: 'ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশে স্বাভাবিক মৃত্যুর গ্যারান্টি কই'". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali).
  7. ^ Chaudhury, Sangket (27 November 2011). "ফুলবাড়ী সরকারি কলেজে অনার্স কোর্স চালুর দাবী জানিয়েছেন সমাজসেবী মোহাম্মদ আলী" (in Bengali).
  8. ^ "অসমাপ্ত মসজিদের নির্মাণ কাজ চালু". Thakurgaon Sangbad (in Bengali). 12 June 2022.