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{{Short description|Pakistani lawyer and politician (1901–1992)}}
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| order = 4th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| order = 4th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start = September 28, 1955
| term_start = 28 September 1955
| term_end = September 12, 1956
| term_end = 12 September 1956
| president =
| president =
| predecessor = [[Muhammad Ali Bogra]]
| predecessor = [[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]
| successor = [[Feroz Khan Noon]]
| successor = [[Feroz Khan Noon]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|08|25}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|08|25}}
| birth_place = [[Noakhali District]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]])
| birth_place = [[Noakhali District]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|01|21|1901|08|25}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1992|01|18|1901|08|25}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]], [[United Front]]
| party = [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]], [[Krishak Sramik Party]], [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]]
| nationality = British Indian (1901-1947), [[Pakistani]] (1947-1971), [[Bangladeshi]] (1971-1992)
| nationality = British Indian (1901–1947), [[Pakistani]] (1947–1978), [[Bangladeshi]] (1978–1992)
| children =
| children =
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]
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'''Hamidul Huq Chowdhury''' ({{lang-bn|হামিদুল হক চৌধুরী}}) ({{lang-ur|حمید الحق چودھری}}) (1901–1992) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the founder of Pakistan Observer which changed to [[The Bangladesh Observer|Bangladesh Observer]] after Bangladesh Liberation War. He was educated in [[Dhaka]] and [[Calcutta]], and had a varied, distinguished and at times controversial career as a lawyer, politician and newspaper proprietor.
'''Hamidul Huq Chowdhury''' ({{langx|bn|হামিদুল হক চৌধুরী}}) ({{langx|ur|حمید الحق چودھری}}) (25 August 1901– 18 January 1992) was a [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]]-[[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] politician. He was the founder of ''The Pakistan Observer'', an English-language newspaper which changed its name to ''[[The Bangladesh Observer]]'' after the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He was educated in [[Dhaka]] and [[Calcutta]], and had a career as a lawyer, politician and newspaper proprietor.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Hamidul Huq Chowdhury was born in Ramnagar village, Daganbhuiyan upazila, [[Feni district]], (now [[Bangladesh]]) during the [[British Raj]] in 1901.<ref name="blpda">{{cite web|last1=Azom Baig|first1=Md|title=Chowdhury, Hamidul Haq|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Hamidul_Haq|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref> Hamidul Huq was educated at the [[Dhaka Collegiate School|Dacca Collegiate School]] in Dhaka, [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]] and Presidency College in Calcutta and the Law College of the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="blpda" /> He was admitted as an Advocate before the Calcutta High Court and served for a time as a Crown Prosecutor. Hamidul Huq also served as a Legal Remembrancer for the Calcutta High Court. Following Partition in 1947, he had a long and distinguished legal practice before the [[Pakistan]] and subsequently Bangladesh High Courts, and celebrated his Golden Jubilee (50 years) as an advocate and member of the legal profession in 1987, at his residence, Neerala Garden House, Tejgaon, in Dhaka.
Hamidul Huq Chowdhury was born in Ramnagar village, Daganbhuiyan upazila, [[Feni District]], (now [[Bangladesh]]) during the [[British Raj]] in 1901.<ref name="blpda">{{cite web|last1=Azom Baig|first1=Md|title=Chowdhury, Hamidul Haq|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Hamidul_Haq|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>
Hamidul Huq was educated at the [[Dhaka Collegiate School|Dacca Collegiate School]] in Dhaka, [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]] and Presidency College in Calcutta and the Law College of the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="blpda" />
He was admitted as an Advocate before the Calcutta High Court and served for a time as a Crown Prosecutor. Hamidul Huq also served as a Legal Remembrancer for the Calcutta High Court. Following Partition in 1947, he had a long and distinguished legal practice before the [[Pakistan]] and subsequently Bangladesh High Courts, and celebrated his Golden Jubilee (50 years) as an advocate and member of the legal profession in 1987, at his residence, Neerala Garden House, Tejgaon, in Dhaka.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}


==Career==
==Career==
Hamidul Huq was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1937 (serving as Deputy President of the Council) and was re-elected to the body in 1946. During his tenure on the Council, Hamidul Huq was a member of the Bengal Imperial Agriculture Council, Central Sugarcane Committee, Handloom Board, Textile Control Board and Industrial Development Enquiry Committee, and also a Fellow of Calcutta University. In 1947, Hamidul Huq represented the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] before [[Sir Cyril Radcliffe]]'s Boundary Commission.
Hamidul Huq was elected to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] in 1937 (serving as Deputy President of the council) and was re-elected to the body in 1946. During his tenure on the council, Hamidul Huq was a member of the Bengal Imperial Agriculture Council, Central Sugarcane Committee, Handloom Board, Textile Control Board and Industrial Development Enquiry Committee, and also a Fellow of Calcutta University. In 1947, Hamidul Huq represented the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] before [[Sir Cyril Radcliffe]]'s Boundary Commission.


Following partition in 1947, Hamidul Huq moved with his family to Dhaka, [[East Pakistan]]. Hamidul Huq started The Pakistan Observer in 11 March 1949.<ref name="blpda" /> He was elected to the [[Pakistan Constitutional Assembly]] and was also a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]], during which time he served as the Minister for Finance, Commerce, Labour & Industries (1947–49). Subsequently, Hamidul was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955 as a leader of the [[Krishak Sramik Party]]<ref name="blpda" /> and served as the third [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan]] (1955–56).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6phSu0SDeY0C|title=Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent|last=Zaman|first=Habibuz|date=1999-01-01|publisher=Janus Publishing Company Lim|isbn=9781857564051|language=en}}</ref> Hamidul Huq participated in the Round Table Conference of Pakistani government and opposition leaders in Rawalpindi in 1969. He moved to West Pakistan shortly before the Independence of Bangladesh and in 1972 the Government of Bangladesh cancelled his citizenship. He was allowed to return to Bangladesh in 1978 by the Bangladeshi Government led by [[Ziaur Rahman]].<ref name="blpda" />
Following partition in 1947, Hamidul Huq moved with his family to Dhaka, [[East Pakistan]]. Hamidul Huq started ''The Pakistan Observer'' on 11 March 1949.<ref name="blpda" /> He was elected to the [[Pakistan Constitutional Assembly]] and was also a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]], during which time he served as the Minister for Finance, Commerce, Labour & Industries (1947–49). Subsequently, Hamidul was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955 as a leader of the [[Krishak Sramik Party]]<ref name="blpda" /> and served as the [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan]] in [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zaman |first=Habibuz |year=1999 |title=Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6phSu0SDeY0C |publisher=Janus Publishing Company |page=177 |isbn=978-1-85756-405-1 |language=en}}</ref> Hamidul Huq participated in the Round Table Conference of Pakistani government and opposition leaders in [[Rawalpindi]] in 1969. He moved to West Pakistan shortly before the [[Independence of Bangladesh]] and in 1972, the Government of Bangladesh cancelled his citizenship. He was allowed to return to Bangladesh in 1978 by the Bangladeshi Government led by [[Ziaur Rahman]].<ref name="blpda" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hamidul Huq was married to Halima Banu.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Nagendra Kumar |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |title=Choudhury, Hamidul Huq (1903 — ) |year=2001 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |volume=II |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-7648-232-3 |page=190}}</ref> He died in Dhaka on 21 January 1992.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
Hamidul Huq was married to Halima Banu. He died in Dhaka on 21 January 1992.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.personalities.page.tl/LAWYER.htm|title=Personalities of Bangladesh: Chowdhury, Hamidul Haq|accessdate=2012-03-10}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.personalities.page.tl/LAWYER.htm|title=Personalities of Bangladesh: Chowdhury, Hamidul Haq}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pIjwRq24YYC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=hamidul+huq+chowdhury+memoirs&source=bl&ots=ROpLKlt-oU&sig=w41934xMq8NPF5O6VsvVWug1w2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z7RbT6CWNYeSiALE26VN&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Memoirs - Hamidul Huq Chowdhury|accessdate=2012-03-10}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pIjwRq24YYC&q=hamidul+huq+chowdhury+memoirs&pg=PA3|title=Memoirs - Hamidul Huq Chowdhury|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Hamidul Huq|year=1989}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Pakistan_s_foreign_policy_Hamidul_Huq_Ch.html?id=ol9jQwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Pakistan's foreign policy - Hamidul Huq Chowdhury|accessdate=2012-03-11}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ol9jQwAACAAJ|title=Pakistan's foreign policy - Hamidul Huq Chowdhury|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Hamidul Huq|year=1956}}


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Hamidul Huq Choudhury
4th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 September 1955 – 12 September 1956
Prime MinisterChaudhry Muhammad Ali
Preceded byMohammad Ali Bogra
Succeeded byFeroz Khan Noon
Personal details
Born(1901-08-25)25 August 1901
Noakhali District, British India
Died18 January 1992(1992-01-18) (aged 90)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBritish Indian (1901–1947), Pakistani (1947–1978), Bangladeshi (1978–1992)
Political partyMuslim League, Krishak Sramik Party, United Front
Alma materCalcutta University

Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (Bengali: হামিদুল হক চৌধুরী) (Urdu: حمید الحق چودھری) (25 August 1901– 18 January 1992) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi politician. He was the founder of The Pakistan Observer, an English-language newspaper which changed its name to The Bangladesh Observer after the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was educated in Dhaka and Calcutta, and had a career as a lawyer, politician and newspaper proprietor.

Early life

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Hamidul Huq Chowdhury was born in Ramnagar village, Daganbhuiyan upazila, Feni District, (now Bangladesh) during the British Raj in 1901.[1]

Hamidul Huq was educated at the Dacca Collegiate School in Dhaka, Scottish Church Collegiate School and Presidency College in Calcutta and the Law College of the University of Calcutta.[1]

He was admitted as an Advocate before the Calcutta High Court and served for a time as a Crown Prosecutor. Hamidul Huq also served as a Legal Remembrancer for the Calcutta High Court. Following Partition in 1947, he had a long and distinguished legal practice before the Pakistan and subsequently Bangladesh High Courts, and celebrated his Golden Jubilee (50 years) as an advocate and member of the legal profession in 1987, at his residence, Neerala Garden House, Tejgaon, in Dhaka.[citation needed]

Career

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Hamidul Huq was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1937 (serving as Deputy President of the council) and was re-elected to the body in 1946. During his tenure on the council, Hamidul Huq was a member of the Bengal Imperial Agriculture Council, Central Sugarcane Committee, Handloom Board, Textile Control Board and Industrial Development Enquiry Committee, and also a Fellow of Calcutta University. In 1947, Hamidul Huq represented the Muslim League before Sir Cyril Radcliffe's Boundary Commission.

Following partition in 1947, Hamidul Huq moved with his family to Dhaka, East Pakistan. Hamidul Huq started The Pakistan Observer on 11 March 1949.[1] He was elected to the Pakistan Constitutional Assembly and was also a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly, during which time he served as the Minister for Finance, Commerce, Labour & Industries (1947–49). Subsequently, Hamidul was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955 as a leader of the Krishak Sramik Party[1] and served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in Chaudhry Muhammad Ali's cabinet.[2] Hamidul Huq participated in the Round Table Conference of Pakistani government and opposition leaders in Rawalpindi in 1969. He moved to West Pakistan shortly before the Independence of Bangladesh and in 1972, the Government of Bangladesh cancelled his citizenship. He was allowed to return to Bangladesh in 1978 by the Bangladeshi Government led by Ziaur Rahman.[1]

Personal life

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Hamidul Huq was married to Halima Banu.[3] He died in Dhaka on 21 January 1992.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Azom Baig, Md. "Chowdhury, Hamidul Haq". Banglapedia. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ Zaman, Habibuz (1999). Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent. Janus Publishing Company. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-85756-405-1.
  3. ^ Singh, Nagendra Kumar, ed. (2001). "Choudhury, Hamidul Huq (1903 — )". Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Vol. II. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 190. ISBN 81-7648-232-3.
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Political offices
Preceded by Foreign Minister of Pakistan
1955 – 1956
Succeeded by