Abdur Rasheed Choudhury

Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (Bengali: আব্দুর রশীদ চৌধুরী; died 1944) was a Bengali politician from Sylhet.

Early life

Choudhury was born to Bengali Muslim parents from Dargapasha, Sunamganj.

Career

Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chaudhary together established Minar Printing and Publishing Limited on 14 July 1932 which published the weekly newspaper Jugabheri. Before that, he worked as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Sylhet. The editor of the newspaper was Moqbul Hussain Choudhury. Chowdhury was a tea planter and owned Sirajnagar tea garden. He also owned Hamdard Tea Company Limited and Dilkusha tea estate.

Chowdhury served in the Central Legislative Assembly of India in the 1940s as an independent politician from the Muslim block of Assam.

Personal life

Choudhury was married to Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (died 1974) when she was 16 as his second wife. He had three sons from his first marriage and seven from his second. His son, Humayun Rashid Choudhury (died 10 July 2001), was a diplomat and later the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament of Bangladesh). His other son, Faruk Rashid Chowdhury, served as the Finance Minister of Bangladesh.

Children

He had 10 children, among them:

• Humayun Rasheed Chowdhury
• Faruk Rasheed Chowdhury
• Zeba Rasheed Chowdhury
• Jahanzeb Chowdhury

Death

Choudhury died in 1944.