Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury

Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and the former Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a Minister for Commerce and Industry in East Pakistan after being elected in 1962 elections.

Early life

Chowdhury was born in to a Bengali zamindar family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. His father Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal.

Career

Chowdhury entered politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He contested for the party in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Tangail North constituency.
In 1962, he was made Minister for Commerce and Industry of East Pakistan. After the Bangladesh Liberation War, he contested as a Bangladesh National Party candidate from the Tangail-1 constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 18 February 1979. He was the All Committee's Chair of the second Jatiyo Sangshad].

Personal life

Chowdhury married Syedani Razya Khatun, a daughter of Zamindar Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury of Natore. After her death, he married her sister Syedani Lamya Asya.

Death and legacy

He died on 30 September 1981. After his death, his only child, a daughter named Syeda Ashiqua Akbar, was elected as the member of parliament following a by-election. His grandchildren are Almas Akbar, Abraruddin Ahmad, Asfia Akbar, Atqia Akbar and Afeefuddin Ahmed. His daughter Ashiqua Akbar succeeded him as the third Mutawalli of the Nawab Estate of Dhanbari in Tangail and of Jangalbari in Kishoreganj until her death on 25 April 2022. Before her death she appointed her younger son Afeefuddin Ahmed as the fourth and current Mutawalli of the Nawab Estates of Dhanbari and Jangalbari. He is a social worker and has been in the development sector for the last 15 years.