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'''Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash''' (1840–1923) was a [[Bengali Muslim]] [[merchant]] and [[aristocrat]] from [[Faridpur District]], [[British India]]. Belonging to a [[zamindar]] clan of the area, he built a personal fortune of landholdings in [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], the [[Punjab]] and [[Arabia]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Enamul Haq |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/12/04/d41204150392.htm |title=The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 189 |work=The Daily Star |date= |access-date=2016-03-01}}</ref>

== Career ==
Moyezuddin supported the [[Indian National Congress]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

== Personal life ==
His sons and grandchildren engaged in Bengali Muslim politics in the era of the Raj and Pakistan, and in independent Bangladesh.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} His eldest son [[Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin]] was a federal minister of the Pakistani government, while another son Enayet Hossain Chowdhury was a member of Pakistan's National Assembly in the 1960s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} His second son, [[Yusuf Ali Chowdhury]] (commonly known as Mohan Mia) was a figure in the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] and an influential kingmaker in [[East Pakistan]]i politics; he also sided with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Yusuf_Ali|title=Chowdhury, Yusuf Ali |website=Banglapedia|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bengali Muslims]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]
[[Category:1840 births]]
[[Category:1923 deaths]]

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