Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury

Who was Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury?

Mohammad Habibullah Bahar Choudhury was a politician and writer from East Bengal, who served in the political spheres of India and Pakistan.Publisher along with his sister Shamsunnahar Mahmud of the literary journal Bulbul, his political offices included serving on the executive committee and as publicity secretary of the Bengal Muslim League, as vice-president of Siraj-ud-daula Memorial Committee, as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and as the first Health Minister of the first Muslim League cabinet in East Pakistan. He was a patron of erstwhile Young People's Association, founded in 1948. He helped in organizing Dhaka Inter-school sports under the patronage of United Nations Children's Fund.