Died 1 July 1974 | ||
Political party Bangladesh Awami League Address Sagorika Road, Pahartali 4219, Bangladesh Similar MA Aziz Stadium, University of Science and Tech, Chittagong Veterinary and Anim, Agrabad Mohila College, Chittagong Model School a | ||
Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury (1916-1974) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
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Early life
Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury was born in Uttar Kattali, Chittagong in 1916. He studied in Kattali Nurul Huq Chowdhury High School and Pahartali Railway High School, and went on to Calcutta Islamia College.
Career
He joined the All-India Muslim League in 1940. He was one of the founding members Awami Muslim League in 1949. He was a labour activist and was the assistant secretary of Pakistan Trade Union Federation. He was active in the Language Movement. In 1954 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the united front representing Chittagong centre. He supported the Six point movement and was imprisonment for it. In 1970 he elected to Provincial Assembly from Kotwali, Chittagong from the Awami League.
He was a member of the Sangram Committee in Chittagong in March 1971. He went to Agartala, India after the start of Bangladesh Liberation war. He was elected chairman of the Regional Council South-East Region-2 of the mujibnagar government. In the first cabinet of Bangladesh he was the minister of Labour and Social Welfare. In 1973 he was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Kotwali Panchlaish Bangladesh Awami League in 1973. He was appointed the Health Minister. He was secretary of Labour Affairs in the central committee of Bangladesh Awami League.
Death
He died on 1st July 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.