Zakaria Khan Chowdhury

Zakaria Khan Chowdhury (Bengali: জাকারিয়া খান চৌধুরী) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament from Habiganj-2.

Zakaria Khan Chowdhury
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office 15 February 1996 – 12 June 1996
Preceded by	Sharif Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded by	Sharif Uddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born	18 November 1933 Assam, British India
Died	25 March 2021 (age 87) Green Life Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Spouse	Shamim Sikder

Early life

Chowdhury was born 18 November 1933 in Assam, British India. He graduated with a B.A. in economics from the University of Dhaka in 1955.^[1]

Career

In 1960, Chowdhury created Purboshuri, a secret organisation, in London that would work for the independence of Bangladesh. He protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in London over the filing of the Agartala conspiracy case.^[1] He sent Sir William Thomas Williams, QC to defend Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with whom he had close contact, in the Agartala case.^[1] He returned to Bangladesh from London in 1972. In 1977, he became an advisor to the government of President Ziaur Rahman. He was instrumental in the formation of Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board.^[1]

Chowdhury worked as an organiser during the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was the publisher of The Manobkantha.^[2]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996.^[3]

Death

Chowdhury died on 25 March 2021 at Green Life Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[2]