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{{Short description|Bangladeshi journalist}}
{{infobox person
| name = Shahadat Chowdhury
| native_name = শাহাদত চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Journalist, editor
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]- 2006
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|07|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Khulna]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2005|11|29|62|07|28|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
}}

'''Shahadat Chowdhury''' (28 July 1943 – 29 November 2005)<ref name=2nd>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-13542|title=Shahadat Chy's 2nd anniversary of death today|date=2007-11-29|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of several news magazines.<ref name=fighter/> He served as the editor of [[Weekly Bichitra]] from 1972 until its publication was ceased in 1997.<ref name=honour/> He then served as the editor of [[Shaptahik 2000]] and [[Anandadhara]].<ref name=honour/>

In 1993, he was awarded the [[Ekushey Padak]], the state's second highest civilian honor, for his outstanding contribution to journalism.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 February 2006|title=13 get Ekushey Padak, ministers dropped from list|newspaper=The Daily Star|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/20/d60220011511.htm|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chowdhury was one of the 12 children of Abdul Haq Chowdhury, a district judge, and Jahanara Chowdhury.<ref name=2nd/> Chowdhury completed his matriculation from Dhaka Graduate High School and bachelor's in painting from the [[Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka|Institute of Fine Arts]].<ref name=2nd/>

==Career==
Chowdhury was the editor of ''Kachi-Kanchar Asar'', the children page of [[The Daily Ittefaq]] in 1961.<ref name=fighter>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/12/10/d512101502106.htm|title=A valiant fighter with gun and pen|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2005-12-10|access-date=2019-10-11|author=Mohammad Amjad Hossain}}</ref> He was the travelogue writer of ''Kachi Kanchar Mela'', a children's cultural organisation in the then [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=honour>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2005/11/29/shahadat-chowdhury-buried-with-state-honour-people-from-all-strata-pay-homage|title=Shahadat Chowdhury buried with state honour, people from all strata pay homage|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

Chowdhury joined as the founding editor of the journal of Media World group [[Shaptahik 2000]].<ref name=fighter/>

Chowdhury took part in [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War#List of sectors and subsectors|Sector 2]] and was a member of Crack Platoon of the [[1971 liberation war]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newagebd.net/print/article/72423|title=Good-bye, Mahfuz Ullah bhai, your history has ended|publisher=New Age|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> He built up a guerilla force and initiated adventurous actions in [[Dhaka]]. He assisted two daunting daughters of Poet [[Sufia Kamal]] crossing the border to India.<ref name=fighter/> During the war, he began his career in journalism by editing ''Lorai'' which published the news of [[Mukti Bahini]].<ref name=fighter/> He was also one of the architects of Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/29/d61129013824.htm|title=Shahadat Chy's first death anniversary today|work=The Daily Star|date=2006-11-29|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

After the independence of Bangladesh, he joined the [[Weekly Bichitra]] in 1972 as an assistant editor and went on to become the editor of the magazine until 1997.<ref name=2nd/> In 1998, he joined as the editor of [[Shaptahik 2000]] and fortnightly [[Anandadhara]].<ref name=2nd/>

Chowdhury organized the first [[beauty pageant]] television program in Bangladesh in 1998. The program was titled ''Ananda Bichitra Photo Shundori''. Actress [[Sadika Parvin Popy]] was the winner in that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/runways-reels-1630345|title=From runways to reels|date=2018-09-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
In 1977, one of the eyes of the first ever posthumous eye-donor of Bangladesh, ARM Inamul Haq, was transplanted to Chowdhury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglatribune.com/others/news/18983/41st-death-anniversary-of-ARM-Inamul-Haq|title=41st death anniversary of ARM Inamul Haq|publisher=Bangla Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11|date=2018-11-11}}</ref>

Chowdhury died on 28 November 2005.<ref name=honour/> He was buried in state honour in Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Dhaka.<ref name=honour/> He was awarded the [[Ekushey Padak]] posthumously in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=13 get Ekushey Padak, ministers dropped from list|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/20/d60220011511.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-12|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

* [[Ekushey Padak]]-2006

== References ==
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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Khulna]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi journalists]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi editors]]
[[Category:Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard]]
[[Category:20th-century journalists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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