Noor Alam Chowdhury

Justice Nure Alam Chowdhury was a former acting Chief Justice in Calcutta High Court and former Minister of Animal Resources Development in the Government of West Bengal.

Early life and family

Chowdhury was born on 11 August 1943 to a Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries in the village of Margram in Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of Fazlul Ali Chowdhury.

Career

Chowdhury contested in the 2009 Indian general election as a Trinamool Congress candidate for Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency but was unsuccessful. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Murarai Assembly constituency in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.