Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury

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Mohammad Habibullah Bahar Choudhury (Bengali: হাবিবুল্লাহ বাহার চৌধুরী) (1906–1966) was a politician and writer from East Bengal, who served in the political spheres of India and Pakistan.^[1]Publisher along with his sister Shamsunnahar Mahmud of the literary journal Bulbul,^[2] his political offices included serving on the executive committee and as publicity secretary of the Bengal Muslim League, as vice-president of Siraj-ud-daula Memorial Committee, as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and as the first Health Minister of the first Muslim League cabinet in East Pakistan.^[1] He was a patron of erstwhile Young People's Association, founded in 1948. He helped in organizing Dhaka Inter-school sports under the patronage of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Mahmud, Shamsunnahar Banglapedia
↑ “Nirbachito Bulbul” Inaugurated in Kolkata Voice of America — November 26, 2005

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Name	Choudhury, Habibullah Bahar
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Date of birth	1906
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Date of death	1966
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