Amjad khan chowdhury biography samples
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Business person of the year
Amjad Khan Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Pran-RFL Group, provides an example that innovations, however simple, are at the heart of success in business.
A simple idea of making agro-processed foods in 1991 turned him into an employer of 30,000 people across the country. The company generated Tk 2,600 crore in gross revenue in 2009-10, but Chowdhury was never complacent and set the target higher at Tk 4,000 crore for fiscal 2010-11.
More than 64,000 farmers are working with the company to supply goods for processing. It exports products to 75 countries around the world.
For Chowdhury, now a leading businessman, the beginning was far from smooth. He tried his luck on business by setting up a light-engineering business in Rangpur, but it did not run well. Then he scoped out for a new venture after retiring from Bangladesh Army in 1981.
He bought six acres of land in Ghorashal in Narsingdi and planted fruits and vegetables to sell to local markets. Again, the project did not pay off well, as he could hardly make profits from sales of agricultural produce.
So, he switched to a new idea an
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Chowdhuries of Natore
Political family in sylhet
The Chowdhuries of Natore (Bengali: নাটোরের চৌধুরী বংশ) are a notable Bengali Muslim family who have played important roles throughout the history of North Bengal.[1]
History
[edit]The family is descended from Amanullah Khan, an AfghanMuslim nobleman who settled in Burdwan, Bengal Subah in the early 18th century with his son, Azam Khan. The family moved to Natore in northern Bengal after Muhammad Zaman Khan was appointed as the Nazir of the Natore faujdari court and given large tracts of land in that district.[2]
After his death, he was succeeded by his son, Dost Muhammad Khan, who extended the zamindari across the Kholabaria, Piprul and Kalam areas of Natore.[3] In 1787, the Company Raj conferred the title of Chowdhury to him, in addition to the family's original title of Khan. Dost Muhammad Khan Chowdhury married the daughter of the Mutawalli of Bagha.[4] His heir was his eldest son, Chowdhury Muhammad Ali Khan, who was a scholar of the Qur'an.[5]
Khan Bahadur Chowdhury Muhammad Ali Khan had two sons; Rashid and Ershad. His daughter, Rabeya Khatun, married Shah Syed Janab Ali Chowdhury from the Dhanbari Nawab family and was gifted a quarter of the Dhanbari zaminda
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