Mia Golam Ali Chowdhury Sahib (Bengali: মিঞা গোলাম আলী চৌধুরী সাহেব; 1824 – 7 January 1888),[1] also known as Chowdhuri Golam Ali (Bengali: চৌধুরী গোলাম আলী), was a 19th-century Bengali Muslim zamindar and philanthropist from Faridpur in eastern Bengal.[2]
Golam Ali Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
গোলাম আলী চৌধুরী | |
| Born | 1827 |
| Died | 7 January 1888 (aged 60–61) |
| Occupation(s) | Landlord, philanthropist |
| Children | 13 |
| Father | Muhammad Ashuq |
Life
editChowdhury was the feudal landlord of Haturia,[3] now under the Shariatpur District of Bangladesh. He inherited from his father, Muhammad Ashuq Mridha of Idilpur, who was a shaykh that was influenced by the teachings of the Hanafite imam Abu Yusuf.[4]
Chowdhury's zamindari was spread across the districts of Faridpur and Bakerganj. He was well known for his wealth and was a great patron of education and public welfare, and used to donate generously for this purpose. Chowdhury aided the government in constructing a public bridge and ghat in Madaripur and other roads in the district. He also entirely funded the building for Madaripur's first pharmacy, and largely contributed to the construction of Barisal Government Entrance School. Chowdhury donated ten thousand rupees to the Dacca College Extension Fund.[5][6]
The Kheya Ghater Majhi poem mentions the might of Chowdhury Golam Ali.[2][7] He also constructed a mosque in his village, Ghatakhan-Haturia, which has now been demolished and rebuilt.[8]
Death and descendants
editChowdhury died on 7 January 1888.[9] He was buried in his village in Ghatakhan (Haturia), and his brick grave is still preserved. The western wall of the grave has a Bengali inscription consisting of eight lines.[8]
He had three wives, with whom he had three sons and eight daughters.[2] His first wife, Aizunnesa Khatun, was the mother of Ali Ahmad Chowdhury and two daughters. After the death of his younger brother, Chowdhury married his widowed sister-in-law Izzatunnesa Khatun, who was his first wife's half-sister. Together they had two sons, Amjad Ali Chowdhury and Tajammul Ali Chowdhury, and six daughters with the eldest being Karimunnesa. Chowdhury had two daughters with his third wife, Jawaidunnesa, and he died before the birth of the younger daughter, Majidunnesa.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "July 14, 1875", The Calcutta Gazette, July-September 1875, p. 860
- ^ a b c The Modern History of the Indian Chiefs, Rajas, Zamindars, &c. J.N. Ghose. 1881. p. 298. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "জেলার দর্শনীয় স্থানসমূহ". Superintendent of police, Shariatpur. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Nakazato, Nariaki (1994). Agrarian System in Eastern Bengal, C. 1870-1910. K.P. Bagchi & Company. ISBN 9788170741459.
- ^ Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (2018). "3. A centre of education". Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351186735.
- ^ BEC, 874, April 1877, 39-13, 157
- ^ Ahmed, Wakil (1983). "ব্যাক্তি ও ব্যাক্তিত্ত্ব". উনিশ শতকে বাঙালী মুসলমানের চিন্তাচেতনার ধারা [The trend of Bengali Muslim thought in the 19th century] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Bangla Academy. p. 101.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Nazimuddin; Miah, Muhammad Abul Hashem (2000). Archaeological Survey Report of Greater Faridpur District. Department of Archaeology (Bangladesh). p. 108. ISBN 9789847730004.
- ^ a b "Privy Council Appeal No. 90 of 1922, from Bengal Appeal No. 27 of 1919", Case Mine, 5 December 1994,
Karimunnessa Khatun and others v. Mahomed Fazlul Karim and others
- ^ Ghose, J. B. B. (1929). "Jamilennessa v. Ijjatennesa". All India Reporter. 6. Calcutta: D.V. Chitaley: 587.