[2] Chowdhury was born in 1824 to a Bengali zamindar family of Muslim Mridha-Chowdhuries in Haturia, then part of the Faridpur district of the Bengal Presidency.
He inherited from his father, Muhammad Ashuq Mridha of Idilpur, who was a shaykh that was influenced by the teachings of the Hanafite imam Abu Yusuf.
Chowdhury aided the government in constructing a public bridge and ghat in Madaripur and other roads in the district.
He also entirely funded the building for Madaripur's first pharmacy, and largely contributed to the construction of Barisal Government Entrance School.
After the death of his younger brother, Chowdhury married his widowed sister-in-law Izzatunnesa Khatun, who was his first wife's half-sister.