Gulzar Ahmed Chowdhury

{{Short description|Bangladesh politician (died 2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gulzar Ahmed Chowdhury | image = | image_size = | birth_date = 1937 | birth_place = Hatiya, Derai, Sunamganj, Bangladesh | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|26|1937||df=y}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | resting_place = Shah Jalal Dargah, Sylhet, Bangladesh | office2 = Member of Parliament for Sunamganj-3 | term_start2 = February 1996 | term_end2 = June 1996 | president2 = | spouse = Syeda Zaibunnessa Khatun | parents = | children = Two daughters and a son | party = Ganatantri Party (-1996)<br />Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1996-) | predecessor2 = Abdus Samad Azad | successor2 = Abdus Samad Azad | native_name = গুলজ়ার আহমদ চৌধুরী | native_name_lang = bn }} '''Gulzar Ahmed Chowdhury''' ({{langx|bn|গুলজ়ার আহমদ চৌধুরী}}; died 26 November 2019) was a politician in the Sunamganj District of the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. He was elected member of parliament for the Sunamganj-3 constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the sixth Jatiya Sangsad elections held on 15 February 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 6th Parliament Members |date=15 September 2018 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2018 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sylhetview24.net/news/details/Sylhet/131941 |script-title=bn:সুনামগঞ্জের ৫টি আসনে ২১ জনের মনোনয়নপত্র সংগ্রহ |website=sylhetview24.net |language=bn |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Chowdhury was born in 1937, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in the village of Hatiya in Derai, Sunamganj, then part of the British Raj. After completing his matriculation from Jagannathpur High School in 1956, Chowdhury enrolled at the Sunamganj College. He was later expelled due to political activities against the ruling Muslim League political party. After being released from prison in 1958, Chowdhury completed his Intermediate of Arts and gained admission into Murari Chand College in 1963. He failed his Bachelor of Arts examinations in 1964 due to his political activities, but graduated from Madaripur Government College in 1966. He was then admitted to study law at the University of Dhaka but did not end up taking the examinations.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |url=https://northamerica.prothomalo.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6 |language=bn |script-title=bn:চলে গেলেন গুলজার আহমেদ |author=Hussain, Tabarak |date=29 November 2019 |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512141800/https://northamerica.prothomalo.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6}}</ref>

== Career == During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Ahmed was one of the student freedom organisers in Derai. He was associated with the Ganatantri Party.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

He was elected member of parliament for Sunamganj-3 constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the Sixth Jatiya Sangsad elections held on 15 February 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/last-page/101713/আলীগে-মান্নান-এগিয়ে-জোটের-দুশ্চিন্তায়-বিএনপি |script-title=bn:আ'লীগে মান্নান এগিয়ে জোটের দুশ্চিন্তায় বিএনপি |work=Jugantor |language=bn |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life== He was married to Syeda Zaibunnessa Khatun, a teacher at the Kishori Mohan Girls School. They had one son and two daughters.<ref name=":3" />

==Death== Ahmed died at 11:50 BST on 26 November 2019 in his residence in Dhaka, two days after his wife's death. The next day, his first janaza was performed in Chowkidighi Jame Mosque in Sylhet. After Maghrib prayers, his second janaza and burial was undertaken in Shah Jalal Dargah.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country/2019/11/26/478280 |script-title=bn:স্ত্রীকে দাফনের প্রস্তুতির সময় সাবেক এমপি গুলজারের ইন্তেকাল |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |date=26 November 2019 |language=bn |access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2014-03-23-11-59-07 List of 6th Parliament Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |date=15 September 2018 }} – Bangladesh parliament

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed Chowdhury, Gulzar}} Category:2019 deaths Category:People from Derai Upazila Category:Politicians from Sylhet Division Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members Category:21st-century Bengali people Category:20th-century Bengali people Category:Murari Chand College alumni Category:University of Dhaka alumni Category:1937 births Category:Sunamganj Government College alumni