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Imam Hossain Choudhury

Imam Hossain Choudhury

Bangladeshi Judge

Imam Hossain Choudhury was the chief justice of Dhaka High Court of East Pakistan.[1][2]

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Early life

Choudhury was born in 1905 in Bhatiary, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British India.[3] He graduated from Chittagong Government College.[3]

Career

Choudhury was an additional judge of the High Court in 1951.[4]

In 1960, Justice Imam Hossain Choudhury succeeded Justice Mirza Ali Ispahani as the chief justice of East Pakistan.[5] He praised Rabindranath Tagore at a time when his works were under attack in East Pakistan.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Pakistan Law Reports: Dacca series. Government of East Bengal. 1961.
  2. [2]
    Masud, Chowdhury A. T. M. (2005). Reminiscence of Few Decades and Problems of Democracy in Bangladesh. Academic Press and Publishers Library. p. 102. ISBN 978-984-08-0198-5.
  3. [3]
    Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960. p. 108.
  4. [4]
    Judicature, East Pakistan (Pakistan) High Court of (1951). Report on the Administration of Civil Justice.
  5. [5]
    Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1960.
  6. [6]
    Rahamāna, Phajalura (1990). Culture Conflicts in East Pakistan, 1947-1971: A Study in the Attitude of Bengali Muslim Intelligentsia Towards Bengali Literature and Islam. Sejuty Prokashani. p. 145.
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