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 |
Party: | Bangladesh Muslim League |
Birth Name: | Aftabuddin Chowdhury Chan Mia |
Aftab Uddin Chowdhury (bn|আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী, (1 March 1912 – 24 July 1985)), also known as Chan Miah (bn|চান মিঞা), was a Bangladesh Muslim League politician, diplomat and a former member of parliament for the Mymensingh-10 constituency.
Chowdhury was born into a wealthy Bengali Muslim zamindari family in Dhampur, Bhaluka, Mymensingh District on 1 March 1913.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] He died on 24 July 1985.[5]