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This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet. The people may also be known as Sylheti.

Activism and cause célèbres

Art and design

Business and industry

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)

Education and sciences

Abdul Malik was Pakistan's first cardiologist.
In 1994, Saifur Rahman was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Madrid, Spain.[2]

National Professors of Bangladesh

Economists

Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, an economist, diplomat, and Bengali Language Movement veteran who served Bangladesh's 2nd Finance Minister.

Entertainment

Families

Journalism

Legal

Literature

Arun Kumar Chanda on a 2000 stamp of India
Hason Raja, a mystical poet and songwriter

Military

Monarchs and rulers

Chronological list of articles:

Music and dance

Shah Abdul Karim is a Bangladeshi Baul musician and Songwriter

Politics and government

Bangladesh

Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury was a former adviser to President Iajuddin Ahmed during the Caretaker Government.
Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury served as Secretary to the Govt. of Bangladesh for nearly a decade in the Ministries of Food, Statistics, Power Energy & Mineral Resources and Planning.
J. R. Mudassir Husain served as Chief Justice from 2004 to 2007.
Syed Abdul Majid was a very notable pioneer in the native tea industry.
Mahmud Ali demanded the recognition of Bengali as a national language of Pakistan.
Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra, and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal, the triumvirate were popularly known as Lal Bal Pal, changed the political discourse of the Indian independence movement.

Chief Justices

Local

Ministers

British India

Pakistan

India

West

Anwar Choudhury was the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.

Religion and spirituality

Islam

Ajmal Masroor was nominated for the Religious Advocate of the Year award at the 2013 & 2015 British Muslim Awards.
Zohurul Hoque has translated the entire Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages.


Shah Jalal's disciples

Other

Sports

Bangladesh

Cricket

Football

Hamza Choudhury playing in a Premier League match on 12 May 2019

Other

India

Fictional characters

References

  1. ^ "Muquim Ahmed". The Sunday Times. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Saifur Rahman's life sketch". The Daily Star. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Shamsul 'Ulema, Abu Nasar Waheed". Banglapedia.
  4. ^ Newspaper Trends: Bangladesh Archived 19 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, World Advertising Research Center; Retrieved: 14 September 2007
  5. ^ Zahangir Alom (7 September 2014). "Sunset Of A Music Maestro". The Daily Star.
  6. ^ "Folk Singer Selim Chowdhury". BBC. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ^ একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন সুনামগঞ্জের সুষমা দাস. sunamkantha.com (in Bengali). 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ^ Ahmed Ully, Ansar (19 September 2012). "Kick-boxer Ruqsana wins bronze". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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