Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury is a Bengali politician, barrister and lawyer. He was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan and the 1st Jatiya Sangsad.[1]
Abu Taher Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury | |
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আবু তাহের আব্দুল মুন্তাকীম চৌধুরী | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1962–1965 | |
| President | Ayub Khan |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Keramat Ali |
| Constituency | Sylhet-III |
| Member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 7 December 1970 – 5 March 1971 | |
| Member of the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 7 March 1973 – 6 November 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Jabbar |
| Constituency | Sylhet-13 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hailakandi, Barak Valley, British India |
| Political party | Awami League |
| Children | Tulip, Peony |
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| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University, St Xavier’s College - University of Calcutta, Lincoln’s Inn |
| Profession | Barrister |
Early life and background
editChaudhury was born in Hailakandi in the Sylhet district of the British Raj's Assam Province. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Kanihati. His elder brother was Abdul Munim Chaudhury.[2] His father, Khan Bahadur Tajammul Ali Chaudhury, was the deputy commissioner and hakim of Sylhet,[3] and the author of the Tawārīkh-i-Halīmī (1894).[4]
Career
editChaudhury was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan.[5][6]
He supported numerous movements at the time such as the Bengali Language Movement and the Six point movement. During the 1970 Pakistani provincial elections, he was elected as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly as an Awami League candidate.[7]
Chaudhury played an organising role during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Following independence, he was a member of the drafting committee of the Constitution of Bangladesh and played an important role regarding Article 70. He had argued against keeping a provision in the Constitution of Bangladesh that allowed for the expulsion of parliamentary members from parliament if they get expelled from their party.[8]
In the 1973 Bangladeshi elections, Chaudhury won the Sylhet-13 constituency, again as an Awami League candidate. His initial roles with the Government of Bangladesh included serving as the ambassador to Japan, East Germany and South Korea, initiating activities which led to the Textile industry in Bangladesh. Chaudhury's close relationship with Hayakawa made him regarded as the architect of Bangladesh–Japan relations. One of the outcomes of this fruitful relationship was the establishment of the JBIC-funded Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka.[9]
References
edit- ^ মৌলভীবাজার জেলার প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব. Bangladesh Government Portal (in Bengali).
- ^ Qurashi, Ishfaq. "পশ্চিম বাড়ী". শাহজালাল(রঃ) এবং শাহদাউদ কুরায়শী(রঃ) [Shahjalal and Shah Dawud Qurayshi (R)] (in Bengali).
- ^ Chaudhurī, Brajendra Nārāẏaṇ (1982). Smriti o Pratiti. University of California.
- ^ Blumhardt, James Fuller (1886). Catalogue of Bengali Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum. British Museum. p. 276.
- ^ "List of Members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan from 1962-1964" (PDF). na.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Pakistan National Assembly (1965). Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. p. 84.
- ^ ১ম জাতীয় সংসদে নির্বাচিত মাননীয় সংসদ-সদস্যদের নামের তালিকা (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018.
- ^ "20th Anniversary Supplement". The Daily Star. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "About us". hil-bd.org. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.