History of Darjeeling Muslims

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Khan Bahadur Sayed Nawab Ali Choudary in Darjeeling

Author: Nafis Ahmed & Faiyaz Shafique Ansari

Date : 29-09-2022

Joint effort initiated by team; Nafis Ahmed, Sajid Ali & Salauddin Ahmed

Sayed Khan Bahadur the Nawab of Dhanbari, Nawab Ali Chowdhury CIE, was born in Tangail, East Bengal. He was one of Dhaka University's founders. He served as united Bengal's first Muslim minister of Untied India. He served as education minister.

Nawab Bahadur of Dhanbari in a 1927 photo taken at his home at Darjeeling's Eden Castle

The house of the Nawab Ali Choudary of Dhanbari is Eden Castle in Darjeeling.

    Credit: Faiyaz Shafique Ansari 

Nawab Ali Chowdhury held positions in the Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council from 1906 to 1911, the Bengal Legislative Council from 1912 to 1916, and the Indian Imperial Legislative Council from 1916 to 1920. He returned in 1921 and was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council. From 1921 to 1923, he served in the council's inaugural ministry.

He was once more chosen to serve on the second reformation council in 1923, and in March 1925, he was appointed a minister. The same year, he was selected to serve on the Governor's Executive Council, a post he held up until his passing. He had been given responsibility for a number of agencies, including registration, forestry, agriculture, delimitation, hajj administration, and the departments of industry, excise, and forestry.

He relocated to Darjeeling so that he could manage his responsibilities while working for the ministry and departments. With regard to the Railway expansion projects in the north Bengal region, in particular. He had carried out his duties pretty successfully and delivered good results. Pre-independence historian on Page 309 of his book, "CONCISE HISTORY OF DARJEELING," Mr. EC Dozey has documented his effort.

He writes: 

Nawab Saheb provided the Anjuman Islamia Team with invaluable community development advice, and his tight relationship with Dr. Abdul Aziz has led to outstanding outcomes.

On November 8th, 1926, KB Nawab Ali Choudary, the Earl of Lytton, the Governor of Bengal, and the Muslim Community of Darjeeling were all captured in a photograph.

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Just 9 days before his passing, on April 8, 1929, he established a Wakfnama and requested that the government register it for the purpose of providing for the members of his family as well as charitable giving in the name of Allah. At the age of 66, Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 1929, at his home in Darjeeling, The Eden Castle.  His dead body was taken to his village home at Dhanbari and interned there.

Grave of KB Sayed Nawab Ali Choudary

May Almighty rest his sole in peace 

The people of Darjeeling ask the Almighty for tranquilly and harmony in the hereafter as recompense for all the wonderful acts he has done for us in Darjeeling.