Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury

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Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury
আবদুস সোবহান চৌধুরী
SpousesTohurunessa
ChildrenAltafunessa
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Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury was the zamindar of Bogra. [1]

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Nawab of Bogra

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]

Family

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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