Hamidul Huq Choudhury
| Hamidul Huq Choudhury | |
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| 4th Foreign Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office September 28, 1955 – September 12, 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Succeeded by | Feroz Khan Noon |
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| Born | August 25, 1901 Noakhali District, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
| Died | January 21, 1992 (aged 90) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Indian (1901-1947), Pakistani (1947-1971), Bangladeshi (1971-1992) |
| Political party | Muslim League, United Front |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (Bengali: হামিদুল হক চৌধুরী) (Urdu: حمید الحق چودھری) (1901–1992) was a Bangladeshi and Pakistani politician. He was the founder of Pakistan Observer which changed to Bangladesh Observer after Bangladesh Liberation War. He was educated in Dhaka and Calcutta, and had a varied, distinguished and at times controversial career as a lawyer, politician and newspaper proprietor.
Hamidul Huq Chowdhury was born in Ramnagar village, Daganbhuiyan upazila, Feni district, (now Bangladesh) during the British Raj in 1901. Hamidul Huq was educated at the Dacca Collegiate School in Dhaka, Scottish Church Collegiate School and Presidency College in Calcutta and the Law College of the University of Calcutta. He was admitted as an Advocate before the Calcutta High Court and served for a time as a Crown Prosecutor. Hamidul Huq also served as a Legal Remembrancer for the Calcutta High Court. Following Partition in 1947, he had a long and distinguished legal practice before the Pakistan and subsequently Bangladesh High Courts, and celebrated his Golden Jubilee (50 years) as an advocate and member of the legal profession in 1987, at his residence, Neerala Garden House, Tejgaon, in Dhaka.
Hamidul Huq was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1937 (serving as Deputy President of the Council) and was re-elected to the body in 1946. During his tenure on the Council, Hamidul Huq was a member of the Bengal Imperial Agriculture Council, Central Sugarcane Committee, Handloom Board, Textile Control Board and Industrial Development Enquiry Committee, and also a Fellow of Calcutta University. In 1947, Hamidul Huq represented the Muslim League before Sir Cyril Radcliffe's Boundary Commission.
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