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| name = Aftab Uddin Chowdhury<br />
| native_name = আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী<br />
| office = Member of Parliament for [[Mymensingh-10]]<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| term_start = 1979<br />
| term_end = 1984<br />
| predecessor = [[Shamsul Haque (Mymensingh politician)|Shamsul Haque]] <br />
| successor = [[Enamul Haque (politician)|Enamul Haque]]<br />
| father = Abedullah Chowdhury <br />
| mother = Halimunnesa Chowdhurani<br />
| children = [[Aman Ullah Chowdhury]]<br />
| birth_date = 1 March 1913<br />
| birth_place = Dhampur, [[Bhaluka]], [[Mymensingh District]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|07|24|1913|3|1}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Muslim League]]<br />
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'''Aftab Uddin Chowdhury''' ({{lang-bn|আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরী}}), also known as '''Chan Miah''' ({{lang-bn|চান মিঞা}}), is a [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] politician, diplomat and the former Member of Parliament for the [[Mymensingh-10]] constituency.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Bhaluka pilot high school.jpg|thumb|The [[Bhaluka Pilot High School]], established by Aftab in 1948.]]<br />
Chowdhury was born into a wealthy [[Bengali Muslim]] [[zamindar]]i family in Dhampur, [[Bhaluka]], [[Mymensingh District]] on 1 March 1913.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Saukhina Prakāśanī|title=পরিচিতি|year=1979|page=cxx}}</ref> His parents were [[Khan Sahib]] Abedullah Chowdhury and Halimunnesa Chowdhurani.<br />
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In 1948, Aftab Uddin Chowdhury was the founding secretary of the [[Bhaluka Pilot High School]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ajkersangbad.com/3330/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%89/|last=Khan|first=Dina|location=[[Bhaluka]]|date=25 July 2014|title=সাবেক এমএনএ ও এমপি আফতাব উদ্দিন চৌধুরীর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত|language=bn|website=Ajker Sangbad|trans-title=Former MNA & MP Aftab Uddin Chowdhury's death anniversary commemorated}}</ref> He was a member of the [[List of members of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan|4th National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 1965 to 1969, representing the Pakistan Muslim League in the Mymensingh-VI constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/4th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969|website=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]]|quote=Aftabuddin Chowdhuri}}</ref> The [[N3 (Bangladesh)|Dhaka-Mymensingh highway]] was built in the regime of [[Ayub Khan]] because of the proposal given by Chowdhury. He was elected to parliament for [[Mymensingh-10]] as a [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] candidate in the [[1979 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He died on 24 July 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/141628/33th-death-anniv-of-aftab-uddin-chowdhury-today.html|title=33th death anniv of Aftab Uddin Chowdhury today|date=24 July 2017|website=The Daily New Nation}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Bangladesh Muslim League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969]]<br />
[[Category:1985 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhaluka Upazila]]<br />
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