Abdur Rasheed Choudhury


Abdur Rasheed Choudhury 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 when she was 16 as his second wife. He had three sons from his first marriage and seven from his second. One son, Humayun Rashid Choudhury, was a diplomat and later the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. Another son, Faruk Rashid Chowdhury, served as the Minister of State for Finance and the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock.

Children

He had 10 children, among them:
Choudhury died in 1944.