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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Zakaria Khan Chowdhury<br />
| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament<br />
| term_start = 15 February 1996<br />
| term_end = 12 June 1996<br />
| predecessor = [[Sharif Uddin Ahmed]]<br />
| successor = [[Sharif Uddin Ahmed]]<br />
| birth_date = 18 November 1933<br />
| birth_place = Assam, British India<br />
| death_date = 25 March 2021<br />
| death_place = Green Life Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
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'''Zakaria Khan Chowdhury''' ({{Lang-bn|জাকারিয়া খান চৌধুরী}}) was a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and a Member of Parliament from [[Habiganj-2]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Chowdhury was born 18 November 1933 in [[Assam]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1955.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Language movement veteran, Liberation War organiser Zakaria Chowdhury no more {{!}} Prothom Alo|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/language-movement-veteran-liberation-war-organiser-zakaria-chowdhury-no-more|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Prothomalo|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1960, Chowdhury created Purboshuri, a secret organisation, in London that would work for the Independence of Bangladesh. He protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in London over the filing of the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case|Agartala conspiracy case]].<ref name=":0" /> He sent Sir [[William Thomas Williams (lawyer)|William Thomas Williams]], QC to defend [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], with whom he had close contact, in the Agartala case.<ref name=":0" /> He returned to Bangladesh from London in 1972. In 1977, he became an advisor to the government of President [[Ziaur Rahman]]. He was instrumental in the formation of [[Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Chowdhury worked as an organiser during the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was the publisher of ''[[The Manobkantha]].''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Language movement hero Zakaria Khan Chowdhury dies|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/543399/Language-movement-hero-Zakaria-Khan-Chowdhury-dies|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Daily Sun|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=List of 6th Jatiya Sangshad members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2018|access-date=5 April 2021|website=[[Jatiya Sangshad]]|publisher=[[Government of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Chowdhury died on 25 March 2021 at [[Green Life Medical College Hospital]], Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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