title: Imam Hossain Choudhury
text: # Imam Hossain Choudhury
  
  Imam Hossain Choudhury was the chief justice of Dhaka High Court of East Pakistan.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Choudhury was born in 1905 in Bhatiary, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British India. He graduated from Chittagong Government College.
  
  ## Career
  
  Choudhury was an additional judge of the High Court in 1951.
  
  In 1960, Justice Imam Hossain Choudhury succeeded Justice Mirza Ali Ispahani as the chief justice of East Pakistan. He praised Rabindranath Tagore at a time when his works were under attack in East Pakistan.
  
  