Abdul Haq Choudhury

Abdul Haq Choudhury (Bengali: আব্দুল হক চৌধুরী; 1922 – 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer.^[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2011 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Education and career

Choudhury studied in Raozan High School. In 1942 he joined Nawazishpur Primary School, founded by his father, as a teacher. He collected relics of Sultan Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah, Isa Khan, Arakan Fort from Chittagong, Sylhet, Arakan and Tripura.^[1]

Bibliography

Choudhury wrote eleven books.

• Chattagramer Itihas Prasanga (1976)
• Chattagramer Samaj O Sangskrtir Ruprekha (1988)
• Sylheter Itihas Prasanga (1981)
• Chattagram-Arakan (1989)
• Prachin Arakan Rohinga Hindu 0 Barua Bauddha Adibasi (1994)
• Chattagramer Charitabhidhan

Awards

• Natun Chandra Singh Memorial Medal (1984)
• Lekhika Sangha Medal (1987)
• Ekushey Padak (2011)

References

1. Miah, Muhammad Majiruddin (2012). "Choudhury, Abdul Haq". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 13 July 2024.