Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury

Mohammad Habibullah Bahar Choudhury (Bengali: হাবিবুল্লাহ বাহার চৌধুরী) (1906, Feni district – April 15, 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. 1 2 "Chowdhury, Habibullah Bahar". banglapedia.org.
  2. ↑ “Nirbachito Bulbul” Inaugurated in Kolkata Voice of America — November 26, 2005


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