User:Gowsur Rahman Chowdhury

Gowsur Rahman Chowdhury I was born in a famous aristocratic Satani Nawab family. My ancestors can boast for a Nawab family as ancient as long five hundred and fifty years. The then Mughal Emperor of India bestowed upon the first man of this family a token paragona in the district of Manikganj,Machain.Bogra satani nawab state belongs to my fathers grandmothers family. My father late Janab Abedur Rahman Chowdhury was the Zaminder of Bogra Satani Estate. My mother Syeda Dil-Afroz Begum is the daughter of late Syed Hedayetullah, Zaminder of Kulaura (Sylhet) Waqf Estate.Two of my maternal aunts got married to members of the famous Nawab Faizunnessas family of Cumilla Nawab Bari. Two of my aunts got married to the famouse Nawab Family of Dhaka. Muhammad Ali of Bogra, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan was my father’s cousin. Mr. Habibur Rahman, the then Education Minister of Pakistan, was my own uncle. Sir F. Rahman, the first muslim Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University was my father’s maternal uncle. One of my aunts got married to the family of Gani Khan Chowdhury of Maldah in India, who was the President and the Minister of West Bengal Congress. I had my Intermediate education in the famous Notre Dame College of Dhaka and did my masters degree from Dhaka University. I was a member of the executive body of the National Students Federation in Dhaka University during the years 1967 to 1969. I was the founder president of the Naborupi Cultural Organization of Dhaka University in the year 1969. During the liberation period of Bangladesh (1971) I was a member of the Mukti Bahini and organizer in the area of my maternal grandfathers residence in the district of Sylhet. After the independence of Bangladesh I have been engaged in various public activities like: member of board of directors of Bogra Homeopathic College, chairman of Bogra Satani Masjid Committee, vice chairman of Satani Hafezia Madrasa, member of governing body of Bogra cantonment school and college, member of Bogra Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and numerous posts in local sports and cultural activities. I am a member of the prestigious elite club i.e. Bogra Station Club since 1983, also a member of Bogra Golf Club and am a member of Bogra Rifle Club. I have visited Indo-Pak Subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe. I resided with my family in United Arab Emirates during the period between 1976 and end 1984. I am married,my sweet wifes name Mrs Nazninmita.Alhamdulilla i have 3 children.One son two daughters. Our contributions to the people of Bogra: From our family and blood relations (Nawab Family of Bogra):- The famous Altafunnesa Play Ground; From our Satani Nawab Family:- Land totaling three acres for the famous Coronation School of Bogra, Land and Building for the oldest Mustafabia Title Madrasah of Bogra, Land, Pond and Building for the Satani Mosque and Madrasah situated near the zero-point of Bogra, Twenty six acres of Land at Banani Bogra for the Microwave Station of TNT at a very nominal price for the greater interest of Bogra, Land for the famous Fateh Ali Bazar and Raja Bazar, Land for the Jailkhana and the Station Club of Bogra, Land and Money for the Degree College of Bogra, Fixed Deposit for scholarship to some poor and meritorious students of schools and A. H. College of Bogra, Land and Building for the Central Graveyard, Namajgar, Bogra, Fixed Deposit for the poor patients of Mohammad Ali Hospital for the purpose of buying medicines, Land totaling two acres to the famous Mission Hospital of Bogra and the land of Central Eid-ga ground of Bogra town.