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A good person can easily mix with others. He has a lot of curiosity about any new job. If he decides to do something successfully, he will do it. He is kind and polite to everyone. He is always careful about what others think of him. He prefers to hide his emotions without revealing them to anyone. He easily trusts everyone.
He is an intelligent man with an independent mind. He never thinks badly of anyone and all his actions have a good purpose. So do you think that you should know everything about a good person? Obviously, you should know, because the better you know about a good person, the more you can be inspired, the more you can learn.
One such good man was Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a prominent businessman and politician. Let’s know something about him.
Personal Life
Born and raised
Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu was born on May 1, 1945 in Haildhar village of Anwara police station to a rich family. The father was a zamindar and a lawyer by profession. The mother was a housewife. At that time no one could have imagined that this boy would one day brighten the name of the country, who would make Bangladesh bright and proud.
Education
Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu is pursuing his secondary education from Patia High School in his district. The year was 1958. He then started his college life at one of the famous Notre Dame College in Dhaka.
This talented man was very interested in education.
Arrived Bangladesh in 1964. It is worth mentioning that he continued to study at the Illinois University In the United States and at the University of New York at the Business Administration for his proper education.
Marital life
Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu was the father of 4 daughters and 3 sons. The names of Chowdhury Babu’s sons and daughters are – Farhana Zaman Chowdhury, Nina Kawrajaki Zaman Chowdhury, Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Roxana Zaman Chowdhury, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Asifuzzaman Chowdhury and Afroza Zaman Chowdhury. Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu married Nur Nahar Zaman, daughter of late Alhaj Sirajul Islam Chowdhury of Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong city.
Business Life
Start From A Factory
After returning from study abroad, he joined his older brother’s business. Before the independence of Bangladesh, Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, besides politics, established a factory called Royal Industry on Batali Road on his own. Besides, he also took care of the execution of his elder brother’s factories.
Industry Built By Him
The organizations he had built. Some of the companies he has set up are: Afroza Oil Mill, Bengal Synthetic Products, Javed Steel Mill, Pan Am Vegetation, Asif Steel Mill and Asif Synthetic.
Bank’s Founder
Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, the founder of the bank, played a very important role in pioneering the establishment of the private banking sector in Bangladesh and created “United Commercial Bank”, which you now call UCB Bank. It is the second private bank in the country whose full name is United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL).
Political Life
Footsteps
It is good to be involved in politics, Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu has loved politics since he was a boy and in high school. He had a special love for the people of Bangladesh and the country. So Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu joined the South District Chhatra League in 1958 while studying at the school. This was the political footsteps of Akhtaruzzaman Responsibilities.
Political Positions and Responsibilities
Akhtaruzzaman Babu was the elected chairman of Haildhar Union Parishad from 1967 to 1975. Even after 1970, Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu was the Chairman of Haildhar Union Parishad and Chairman of Thana Parishad. In 1971, “Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu” was elected a member of the provincial council from West Patia and Anwara in the general election and performed his duties quite efficiently.
Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a brilliant and compassionate man from Chittagong, extended a helping hand in the brutal situation of the 1971 war. The organizer of the great liberation war of 1971 was Alhaj Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu. On the eve of 1971, when the non-cooperation movement was going on, Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury was conducting the activities of the struggle committee.
Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu was one of the best reformers of the 1972 constitution. Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu was elected as Member of Provincial Council (MPA) in 1970. In that context, he became a member of the Bangladesh People’s Assembly formed in 1972 and played a very memorable and strong role in drafting the constitution of Bangladesh.
