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|name = Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury<br />
|native_name = হবীবুল্লাহ বাহার চৌধুরী<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|image = HabibullahBaharChowdhury.jpg <br />
|office = Health Minister of [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]]<br />
|term_start = 1947<br />
|term_end = 1950s<br />
|predecessor = ''Position created''<br />
|birth_date = 1906<br />
|birth_place = [[Feni District|Feni]], [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|4|15|1906}}<br />
|occupation = Politician, writer<br />
|spouse = [[Anwara Bahar Chowdhury]]<br />
|relatives = {{ubl|[[Shamsunnahar Mahmud]] (sister)|[[Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz]] (grandfather)}}<br />
|children = {{ubl|[[Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury]]|[[Selina Bahar Zaman]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury''' (1906 – 15 April 1966) was a politician, journalist, sportsman and writer from erstwhile [[East Bengal]], now [[Bangladesh]], who served in the political spheres of [[British India]] and Pakistan.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Chowdhury,_Habibullah_Bahar|author=Rafiqul Akbar}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Chowdhury was born at Guthuma village in [[Feni district]] in 1906. His father, Mohammad Nurullah, was a munsiff.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Mahmud, Shamsunnahar|author=AKM Saifuzzaman}}</ref> He passed Matriculation in 1922 from [[Chittagong Municipal Model High School|Chittagong Municipal School]] and ISc from [[Chittagong College]] in 1924. He then graduated from [[Calcutta Islamia College]] in 1928.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1933, Chowdhury took up journalism and along with his sister, [[Shamsunnahar Mahmud]], published the literary journal ''"Bulbul"''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2005-11-26-voa12-94382064/1389447.html|title="Nirbachito Bulbul" Inaugurated in Kolkata|publisher= Voice of America|date=26 November 2005|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref> Chowdhury actively joined politics as an activist of the [[All-India Muslim League|Bengal Provincial Muslim League]], and was elected a member of its executive committee in 1937. In 1944, he was elected publicity secretary of the League. He was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Parshuram constituency of Feni district.<ref name=bpedia/> He was the health minister of the first Muslim League cabinet in [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Works==<br />
After suffering a stroke, he resigned from the cabinet position in 1953. Chowdhury started writing books prior to 1947 partition. His works include ''"Pakistan"'', ''"Mohammad Ali Jinnah"'', ''"Omar Faruq"'', and ''"Ameer Ali"''.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Chowdhury was married to [[Anwara Bahar Chowdhury]] (1919–1987). Anwara was a social activist and writer. She established [[Habibullah Bahar College]] in 1969 after Chowdhury's name.<ref name=rem>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/remembrance/anwara-bahar-choudhury-73712|title=Remembrance : Anwara Bahar Choudhury : Educationist, Writer and Cultural Activist|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=18 March 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> Together they had 4 daughters – Selina Bahar Zaman, Shaheen Westcombe, Nasreen Shams and Tazeen Chowdhury and one son - [[Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury]].<ref name=now>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=25798|title=The art of recitation: Then and now|date=3 March 2008|accessdate=17 March 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> Chowdhury's grandfather, Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz, an educationist, had a close relationship with poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]].<ref name=recitation>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/iqbal-bahar-chowdhurys-recitation-evening-today-80645|title=Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury's recitation evening today|date=6 May 2015|accessdate=17 March 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
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