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