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- Chowdhury_Moyezuddin_Biwshash abstract "Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash, also known as Khan Saheb Moizuddin Chowdhury, was a Bengali merchant and aristocrat from Faridpur, Bengal. Moizuddin Biwshash was considered to be one of the most powerful Muslim landlords in Bengal during British rule. Moyezuddin was a disciple of the great Sufi saint Shah Sufi Hazrat Khwaja Yunus Ali Enayetpuri (r.), The Pir Saheb of Enayetpur and Pir Sahib of Jaunpur hazrat keramat ali. He was born in 1840 and died in 1923. He had been originally offered the title of Nawab in 1906 and later Nawab Bahadur in 1911, but both times he refused to accept the titles, remaining firm in his anti colonial stance. Subsequently the British Raj levied the more junior title of Khan Saheb posthumously in 1928, 5 years after his demise to discredit him and his and his son's anti colonial work. However this title was also revoked by the family. Moyezuddin was born into one of the renowned Muslim zamindar families of the Indian Subcontinent. His family originated from Turkey. The first person to come and settle in Bengal had been Arafat Ali in the early 1600s. Prior to his advent in what was Fatehabad at that time, they were settled in Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh. They were granted the Jagirdari of what is Northern Faridpur (Rajbari district and present Faridpur)and later when the British colonization took place, the territory was divided into 23 segments and 22 of these were auctioned away to Hindu merchants mostly from West Bengal, giving rise to many of the Hindu zamindaris of Faridpur. One segment was retained by the family which became known as the Chanpur Estate, based in Shibrampur village of Ishan Goplapur union. Chowdhury Moyezuddin had a fallout with his family after his father's demise in 1856, and subsequently he migrated to Rangpur district where he acquired his initial wealth through a series of small businesses. It is from there, through his own entrepreneurship that he accumulated vast cash capital with which he purchased lands across North Bengal, present West Bengal province of India, and eventually in Faridpur. He returned to Faridpur in 1871, and lived in Chanpur with his family and later in 1883 relocated to Faridpur town, being the first Muslim of significance to take up residence there. Chowdhury Moyezuddin Bishwash's estate finally at the time of his demise on 23 December 1923, stretched across the greater Faridpur region for 4000 square kilometers with a population of 14,20,00 people. The estate also owned lands across Bengal and some in Punjab and Ottoman Arabia. In 1886 Moyezuddin built the Moyez Manzil Palace in Faridpur, adjacent to the Circuit House. It replaced Biwshash Bari as the seat of the Chanpur Estate. He developed modern sewerage and electricity systems for the town in the early 1900s. He also built many schools, madrasas and orphanages. Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash played a huge role in building up protest against colonial rule as one of the patrons of the Indian National Congress party and also as a valiant fighter. He also brought about many social reforms in Faridpur, including initiating the revival of Islamic practices, abolition of various racist policies against the Muslims and helped bring about equality among Hindus and Muslims in the town and nearby areas. He was also involved as a teenager in the Sepoy Revolution where he led a group of volunteers into armed combat against several contingents of soldiers of the East India Company. He also protested against indigo plantation in the Anti Indigo Movement of 1859-60. He was a close friend of Ambika Charan Mojumdar who was the 16th President of the All India Congress and was also his legal advisor. Chowdhury Moyezuddin Bishwash also helped Ambika Charan Mojumdar in establishing the People's Party of Faridpur, which was the first registered political party in what is Bangladesh today. He opposed the splitting of Bengal in 1906 and supported Congress in its initiatives to reunite the two Bengals. He played an important role in the creation of District Councils with participation of noteworthy local people of every district as a move to making the British government partially accountable to the people. He is also famous for having proven corruption charges against a district magistrate of faridpur and for having him removed from service and also for causing many embarrassments to the local British administration of Faridpur, thereby encouraging zamindars of other locations to be more vocal in their protests against Colonial excesses. He was very popular among both Hindus and Muslims and helped create employment for many thousands of people through interest free loans for set up of cottage industries and other ventures. Chowdhury Moyezuddin's descendants have gone onto engage actively in the political arena of Bengal. They include Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Health and Labor Minister of Pakistan in the 1960s), Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (eminent Muslim League politician), Enayet Hossain Chowdhury (Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan), Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf (former food minister of Bangladesh) and Chowdhury Akmal Yusuf (former member of parliament in Bangladesh).There are several educational institutions named after Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash in Faridpur. They include most notably Moyezuddin Biwshash Secondary School, Moyezuddin Orphans' Home and Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash High School and College. The main road of Faridpur's historic Kamlapur district, which contain the district court, Circuit House, residences of government officials, civil servants and former zamindar families, is named after his eldest son.".
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