Abdul Jalil Choudhury

Mawlana Abdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri
আব্দুল জলীল চৌধুরী
General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Assam
In office 1947–1951
Preceded by	Ibrahim Chatuli
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 1951–1957
Succeeded by	Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Constituency	Badarpur
In office 1962–1978
Preceded by	Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Succeeded by	Ramendra De
Constituency	Badarpur
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Nepal Chandra Das
Succeeded by	Sahidul Alam Chodhury
Constituency	Algapur
Personal details
Political party	Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Indian National Congress
Personal
Born	1925 Turkhola, Sylhet District, British Raj
Died	19 December 1989(1989-12-19) (aged 63–64) Badarpur, Karimganj, India
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Education	Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah Darul Uloom Deoband
Teachers	Hussain Ahmed Madani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Izaz Ali Amrohi Muhammad Shafi Deobandi Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi

ʿAbdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri (Bengali: আব্দুল জলিল চৌধুরী বদরপুরী; 1925 – 19 December 1989) was a Bengali Deobandi Islamic scholar, teacher and politician. Born in what is now Bangladesh, Choudhury became one of the senior disciples of Hussain Ahmed Madani from Sylhet District.^[1] He relocated to Badarpur, Karimganj following the Partition of Bengal in 1947 and served as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly for several terms.^[2] Choudhury has many contributions in Northeast India, covering Islamic and social development, and had participated in the Bengali Language Movement of the Barak Valley.^[3]