Death anniversary
Today is the 42nd death anniversary of Abdul Hamid Chowdhury,former speaker of the erstwhile provincial assembly and a close associate of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, says a press release. On the occasion, Qurankhwani and milad mahfil will be held at Nagbari Jame Mosque in Tangail. A memorial meeting will be held at Nagbari Hasina Chowdhury High School. Hamid was deputy president of Bengal Legislative Council and deputy high commissioner of the then Pakistan in Kolkata. He was a member of All India Labour Consultative Committee. He renounced the title 'Khan Bahadur' conferred upon him by the then British government in support of independence movement of the sub-continent. Former president Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was his only son.
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