Nawab Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury | |
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আবদুস সোবহান চৌধুরী | |
Spouses | Tohurunessa |
Children | Altafunessa |
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Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury was the zamindar of Bogra. [1]
Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury was a son of a zamindar from Tangail District's Delduar. [1] Chowdhury married Tohurunessa, the daughter of Shobdel Ali, zamindar of Bogra. [1] Due to the premature death of Tohurunessa's only brother, Chowdhury became the zamindar of Bogra. [1]
On 20 March 1894, Chowdhury was conferred the title of Nawab by the British Raj for his beneficent contributions to society. [1]
Chowdhury purchased a 3.75 acre property on the bank of Karatoya River from one Abot, a British indigo industrialist. [1]
Chowdhury was one of the founding directors of Bogra Coronation Institution established on 1 February 1912. [2]
Sobhan Chowdhury had a daughter, Altafunessa Chowdhury. [3] [4] She married Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, the zamindar of Dhanbari in Tangail, and their only son Altaf Ali Chowdhury took charge of the estate as Nawab Ali, following Sobhan's death. [1]
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