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A. H. M. Touhidul Anowar Chowdhury
Born(1937-10-10)10 October 1937
Died8 March 2025(2025-03-08) (aged 87)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationDhaka Medical College
Medical career
ProfessionGynecologist and obstetrician
InstitutionsIPGMER
ResearchEndoscopic surgery, microsurgery, infertility
AwardsIndependence Day Award (2017, Medicine)

A. H. M. Touhidul Anowar Chowdhury (Bengali: এ এইচ এম তৌহিদুল আনোয়ার চৌধুরী; 10 October 1937 – 8 March 2025), commonly known as T. A. Chowdhury, was a Bangladeshi gynaecologist and obstetrician who was awarded Independence Day Award in medical science in 2017.[1]

Early life and education

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Chowdhury was born on 10 October 1937. [2] He passed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College in 1960. He achieved FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He obtained MRCOG from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 1965.[3][2]

Career

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Chowdhury was director of the then IPGMR. [3] He also served as president of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. [4]

Death

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Chowdhury died at his home on 8 March 2025, at the age of 87. [5]

Awards and honours

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Chowdhury was awarded Independence Day Award in medicine in 2017.[1][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Independence day awardee". cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. ^ a b সর্বোচ্চ রাষ্ট্রসম্মান স্বাধীনতা পদক পাচ্ছেন অধ্যাপক ডা. টিএ চৌধুরী :অভিনন্দন স্যার. daktarprotidin.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Professor T A Chowdhury, Bangladesh" (PDF). South East Asia Journal of Public Health. 4 (2): 59. 6 July 2015. doi:10.3329/seajph.v4i2.24053.
  4. ^ "Past Presidents. Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons (BCPS)". bcps.edu.bd. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Renowned gynaecologist TA Chowdhury dies at 87". BD News 24. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. ^ "PM hands over Independence Award-2017". banglanews24.com. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Air Force, 15 individuals win Independence Award 2017". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ "No plot will work against Bangladesh". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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