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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar and politician}}
{{Distinguish|Abdul Jalil (politician)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Jalil Choudhury
| image = Abdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri.jpg
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = General Secretary of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind|Jamiat Ulema-e-Assam]]
| predecessor = [[Ibrahim Chatuli]]
| term_start = 1947
| term_end = 1951
| office2 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]
| term_start2 = 1951
| term_end2 = 1957
| constituency2 = [[Badarpur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Badarpur]]
| predecessor3 = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]
| successor3 = [[Ramendra De]]
| term_start3 = 1962
| term_end3 = 1978
| constituency3 = [[Badarpur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Badarpur]]
| predecessor4 = [[Nepal Chandra Das]]
| successor4 = Sahidul Alam Chodhury
| term_start4 = 1980
| term_end4 = 1985
| constituency4 = [[Algapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Algapur]]
| party = [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] [[Indian National Congress]]
| module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes
| birth_date = 1925
| birth_place = [[South Surma|Turkhola]], [[Sylhet District]], [[British Raj]]
| father =
| education = [[Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah]] [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|12|19|1925||}}
| death_place = [[Badarpur, Assam|Badarpur]], [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], [[India]]
| teachers = [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]] [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]] [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] [[Muhammad Shafi]] [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]]
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]}}
}}
'''ʿAbdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri''' ({{nowrap|1925 – }}19 December 1989) was an Indian [[Deobandi]] [[Islamic scholar]], teacher and politician. Born in what is now [[Bangladesh]], Choudhury became one of the senior disciples of [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]] from [[Sylhet District]].<ref name=kum>{{cite book|language=ar|title=كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية|author=al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman|publisher=Dar al-Salih|location=[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]|year=2018|chapter=الشيخ الفاضل مولانا عبد الجليل البدربُوري|trans-chapter=The honourable Shaykh, Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Badarbūrī}}</ref> He relocated to [[Badarpur, Assam|Badarpur]], [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]] following the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|Partition of Bengal]] in 1947 and served as a member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] for seven terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madrasa Education System in South Assam|url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/9-education-and-careers/3700-madrasa-education-system-in-south-assam-india/|author=Khan, Bazlur Rahman|date=25 May 2021|work=The Milli Gazette}}</ref> Choudhury has many contributions in [[Northeast India]], covering Islamic and social development, and had participated in the [[Bengali Language Movement (Barak Valley)|Bengali Language Movement]] of the [[Barak Valley]].<ref name=bhasha/>

==Early life and education==
Abdul Jalil Choudhury was born into a [[sylheti Muslim]] family in the village of [[South Surma|Turukkhola]] in [[Sylhet District]]. His father was Muhammad Asghar Choudhury and his mother, Shamsunnessa Choudhury, was proficient in the [[Persian language]], and initially homeschooled him in his early years before enrolling him at the local primary school.<ref name=mr/>

He then proceeded to study at the local [[madrasa]] at Daudpur and subsequently at the [[Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah]] where he passed his ''Mamtazul Muhadditheen'' in 1940. He was also the general supervisor of the madrasa's [[students' union]] and took part in the [[Indian independence movement|anti-colonial independence movement]] for which he was once imprisoned. He then migrated to [[North India|Hindustan]] to study at the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] institution in [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]]. He was to graduate from the Faculty of [[Hadith]] in 1942, but as a result of partaking in [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]]'s rebellions as a student leader, was arrested once again. In 1952, he finally graduated from Deoband in [[Hadith studies]]. Among his teachers were Hussain Ahmed Madani, [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]], [[Muhammad Shafi]] and [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]].<ref name=mr>{{cite book|language=bn|title=মাওলানা আবদুল জলীল বদরপুরী জীবন ও সংগ্রাম|trans-title=Mawlana Abdul Jalil Badarpuri Life and Struggles|publisher=Bangladesh Nadwatul Azkar|author=Rahman, Mukhlisur}}</ref>

==Career==
Choudhury's career began in [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School|Sylhet Government High School]] as teacher of the [[Persian language]]. Two years later, he was appointed the principal of [[Jessore District|Jessore Alia Madrasa]] and then as a teacher at [[Ajiria Madrasa]] in [[Golapganj Upazila|Fulbari]].<ref name=mr/>

Choudhury's activism began in his student life, and he was associated with the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] sought for independence from the [[British Raj]] while opposing the [[Partition of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Role of Akram Hussain Saikia in the freedom struggle of India|date=18 January 2015|url=https://twocircles.net/2015jan18/1421562101.html|website=Two Circles|author=Majumdar, Nurur Rahim}}</ref> His biographers mention that [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] politicians conspired against him and other influential Jamiat supporters, and thus Choudhury requested Jamiat members in [[Assam]] to help him migrate to the [[Dominion of India|Indian dominion]]. The Assam Jamiat politicians solicited his citizenship to [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], the erstwhile [[Chief Minister of Assam]], who personally sent a letter to Choudhury inviting him to Assam. As soon as Choudhury received the letter in September 1947, he settled in the village of [[Badarpur, Assam|Alaqulipur]] in [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], leaving his parents, siblings and spouse.<ref name=mr/>

In October 1947, Choudhury was appointed the principal of [[Deorail Senior Madrasa]], under the instruction of its founder [[Shah Yaqub Badarpuri]]. During his term, the madrasa was remodelled upon [[Deobandi]] standards and gained official recognition from the [[Government of Assam]] in 1948. The Department of [[Hadith studies]] was inaugurated on 24 February 1954 by [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], and Choudhury served as the head of this department until his death.<ref name=mr/> He was also the founder of North East India Emarat-e-Saraiah and Nadwatut Tameer, a Muslim religious organisation for overall development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/ne-emarat-e-shariah-distributes-scholarship-for-higher-and-professional-studies/|title=NE Emarat-e-Shariah distributes scholarship for higher and professional studies|date=19 May 2013}}</ref>

===Political career===
In 1951, he joined the [[Indian National Congress Party|Indian National Congress]] and was an elected member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] for 27 years in total. Initially representing the [[Badarpur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Badarpur constituency]], he served his final term in the [[Algapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Algapur]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Badarpur-in-Assam|title=Badarpur assembly election results in Assam|website=elections.traceall.in|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=20 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120062227/https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Badarpur-in-Assam|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1957-62.html|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1957-62|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref> During the [[Bengali Language Movement (Barak Valley)|Bengali Language Movement]] of the [[Barak Valley]] in 1961, he publicly advocated for the movement, considering it to be an obligation for all [[Bengalis]].<ref name=bhasha>{{cite book|title=আসামে ভাষা আন্দোলন ও বাঙালি-প্রসঙ্গ ১৯৪৭-১৯৬১|trans-title=The language movement and context of Bengalis in Assam, 1947–1961|author=Bishwas, Sukumar|language=bn|isbn=9789386708250|publisher=Parul Prakashani Private Limited}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Choudhury divorced his wife as she was not willing to migrate with him to Assam after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name=mr/>

== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

==References==
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