Abdul Jalil Choudhury

Abdul Jalil Choudhury
General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Assam
In office
1947–1951
Preceded byIbrahim Chatuli
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
1951–1957
Succeeded byBimala Prasad Chaliha
ConstituencyBadarpur
In office
1962–1978
Preceded byBimala Prasad Chaliha
Succeeded byRamendra De
ConstituencyBadarpur
In office
1980–1985
Preceded byNepal Chandra Das
Succeeded bySahidul Alam Chodhury
ConstituencyAlgapur
Personal details
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Indian National Congress
Personal
Born1925
Died19 December 1989(1989-12-19) (aged 63–64)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
EducationSylhet Government Alia Madrasah
Darul Uloom Deoband
TeachersHussain Ahmed Madani
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Izaz Ali Amrohi
Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi

ʿAbdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri (1925 – 19 December 1989) was an Indian 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]

  1. ^ al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman (2018). "الشيخ الفاضل مولانا عبد الجليل البدربُوري" [The honourable Shaykh, Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Badarbūrī]. كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية (in Arabic). Cairo, Egypt: Dar al-Salih.
  2. ^ Khan, Bazlur Rahman (25 May 2021). "Madrasa Education System in South Assam". The Milli Gazette.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bhasha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).