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| name = Dewan Taimur Raja Chowdhury<br />
| native_name = দেওয়ান তৈমুর রাজা চৌধুরী<br />
| office = Member of 2nd [[Jatiya Sangsad]]<br />
| term_start = 18 February 1979<br />
| term_end = 12 February 1982<br />
| predecessor = [[Nurul Islam Khan]]<br />
| constituency = Sylhet-7<br />
| successor = <br />
| primeminister = [[Shah Azizur Rahman]]<br />
| president = [[Ziaur Rahman]]<br />
| birth_date = 5 November 1917<br />
| birth_place = [[Rampasha]], [[Sylhet District]], [[Assam Province]], {{flag|British Raj}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|12|14|1917|11|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Sylhet District]], {{flag|Bangladesh}}<br />
| resting_place =<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah]]<br/>[[Murari Chand College]]<br />
| bodyclass = <br />
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| spouse = Shaila Ahsanullah<br />
| relatives = [[Hason Raja]] (grandfather) <br> [[Shamsunnahar Khwaja Ahsanullah|Begum Ahsanullah]] (stepmother-in-law)<br />
}}<br />
'''Dewan Taimur Raja Chowdhury''' ({{lang-bn|দেওয়ান তৈমুর রাজা চৌধুরী}}) was a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician, landowner and poet. He was the former member of parliament from Sylhet-7.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Chowdhury was born on 5 November 1917, into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in [[Rampasha]], [[Bishwanath Upazila|Bishwanath]], [[Sylhet District]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]].<ref name="bdia">{{cite Banglapedia|author=Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain|article=Chowdhury, Dewan Taimur Raja}}</ref> His father was [[Khan Bahadur]] [[Dewan Eklimur Raja]] and his mother was Meherjan Banu. His paternal grandfather was the renowned Bengali mystic [[Hason Raja]].<ref name="bdia" /><br />
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Chowdhury began his education in Rajaganj Primary School before enrolling at the [[Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah]] where he did [[Islamic studies]] and also studied Bengali, [[Arabic]], [[Farsi|Persian]] and [[Urdu]]. He then moved on to study at Rasamay Memorial High School and Sylhet Government High School. He graduated from [[Murari Chand College]]. As a student he was the Secretary of Assam Provincial Muslim Students Federation.<ref name="bdia" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Chowdhury's career began with taking care of his father's various properties such as the Alijan Coal Mine in [[Assam]], Rupamukhi and Sonamukhi in [[Tripura]], and [[Moulvibazar]] Tea Garden. From 1943 to 1946, Chowdhury was the honorary magistrate of Sylhet District. He went on to serve as Vice Chairman and than Chairman of Sylhet Local Board. In 1946, he was elected to the Assam Provincial Assembly. He was involved in the [[1947 Sylhet referendum]] that saw Sylhet rejoin with [[East Bengal]].<ref name="bdia" /><br />
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Chowdhury joined the [[Pakistan Muslim League|East Pakistan Muslim League]] and served as the President of Sylhet District Muslim League. In 1965, he was elected to East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. Chowdhury was made the President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Sylhet unit in 1979.<ref name="bdia" /> Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.<ref name="1979results">{{cite web|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf|access-date=20 March 2021|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn}}</ref> He was a State Minister in the Cabinet of President [[Ziaur Rahman]].<ref name="bdia" /> He wrote mystical poems and songs like his grandfather. He founded the Dewan Taimur Raja Trust with support from [[Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd|Islami Bank]].<ref name="bdia" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Chowdhury was married to Shaila Ahsanullah of the [[Dhaka Nawab Family]]. She was a daughter of Nawabzada Khwaja Ahsanullah, the youngest son of [[Khwaja Salimullah|Nawab Salimullah]]. [[Shamsunnahar Khwaja Ahsanullah|Begum Ahsanullah]] was his wife's stepmother.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Chowdhury died on 14 December 1997.<ref name="bdia" /><br />
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[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]<br />
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[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:People of British India]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani politicians]]<br />
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