Moinul Hoque Choudhury
Moinul Hoque Choudhury | |
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Dhubri | |
Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) | |
In office 1952–1971 | |
Constituency | East Sonai/Sonai |
Personal details | |
Born | Sonabarighat, Cachar, Assam | 23 May 1923
Died | 13 February 1976 Delhi | (aged 52)
Political party | Presidency College Kolkata Aligarh Muslim University |
Portfolio | Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development (18 March 1971 to 22 July 1972) |
Moinul Hoque Choudhury (13 May 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an Indian politician from Assam.[1] A five-time MLA; he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Reformer of the Barak Valley.
Biography
Moinul Choudhury was born on 13 May 1923 in a well-off
He graduated with History Honors from
To start off his career, Moinul Hoque Choudhury joined the
There have been many in Barak valley who have been hugely influenced and inspired by him, particularly the Muslim men. His own younger brother Nurul Hoque also became MLA from Sonai. Sonai's Tajamul Ali Mazumdar, founder of M.C.Das College, Sonai.
Work
The improvement of road and communication system, construction of embankments in Cachar to facilitate agriculture, establishment of All India Radio, Silchar Medical College, Veterinary school, Hindustan Paper Mill at Panchgram, Sugar Mill at Anipur, the Regional Engineering College now upgraded as NIT are his achievements. He was the first person in Cachar to forward the proposal for the construction of Barak Dam. He will be remembered in the valley for the noble attempt he made to usher in a green revolution in the valley through the package program in the sixties when advanced technology, high yielding seeds, scientific manure, pesticides were introduced for the first time in Cachar, and many more.
Timeline
- 13 May 1923: Born in Sonabarighat of Sonai, Silchar
- 1940: Passed Matriculation from Silchar Government HS School
- 1942: Passed +2 from Cotton College, Gauhati
- 1944: Completed graduation in History Honours from Presidency College, Kolkata
- 1946: Pursued MA in history from Aligarh Muslim University, joined Muslim League, took part in the freedom struggle of India.
- 1947: Obtained LLB from Aligarh Muslim University
- 1948: Joined Bar Association of Silchar
- 1950: Elected as member of local board
- 1951: Joined Indian National Congress
- 1952: Elected as MLA from Sonai Constituency, and member of Public Accounts Committee and Text Book
- 1957: Elected for the second time MLA from Sonai Constituency, won a ministerial portfolio, agriculture
- 1961: Attended UNO General Convention as one of the delegates from India
- 1962: Elected for the second time as a minister from Sonai constituency
- 1967: Elected for the fourth time as MLA from Sonai Constituency, but unfortunately was abstained from ministerial portfolio * following a feud with Bimala Prasad Chaliha, selected as chairman of national Haj Committee.
- 1968: Went on a pilgrimage to holy Mecca and Madina
- 1971: Elected as MP from Dhubri constituency in a by-election and won ministerial portfolio of Industrial Development
- 1976: Died in AIIMS, Delhi on 13 February aged 52.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Second Series. 58 (1): 1–2. 8 March 1976. Retrieved 19 July 2021.