Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash

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Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash (1840–1923) was a Bengali Muslim merchant and aristocrat from Faridpur District, British India. Belonging to a zamindar clan of the area, he built a personal fortune of landholdings in Bengal, the Punjab and Arabia.^[1]

Career[edit]

Moyezuddin supported the Indian National Congress.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[edit]

His sons and grandchildren engaged in Bengali Muslim politics in the era of the Raj and Pakistan, and in independent Bangladesh.^{[citation needed]} His eldest son Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin was a federal minister of the Pakistani government, while another son Enayet Hossain Chowdhury was a member of Pakistan's National Assembly in the 1960s.^{[citation needed]} His second son, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (commonly known as Mohan Mia) was a figure in the Muslim League and an influential kingmaker in East Pakistani politics; he also sided with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ Enamul Haq. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 189". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
↑ "Chowdhury, Yusuf Ali". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

[1] Enamul Haq. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 189". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

[2] "Chowdhury, Yusuf Ali". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

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