In 1971, as the Sub-Divisional Officer of Meherpur, Kushtia, he joined the liberation war and was commissioned in the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Tawfiq al-Hakim | Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin | Shayan Chowdhury Arnob | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi | Chanchal Chowdhury | Tawfiq Ziad | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | Tapan Chowdhury (singer) | Tapan Chowdhury | Saber Hossain Chowdhury | Rita Chowdhury | Ehsan Elahi Zaheer | Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi | Anwarul Karim Chowdhury |
Several members of the family hold important positions such as Ghazi Niazi Jarrar, Yousef Al Jarrar, the leader Fawaz Jarrar, Shiekh Tawfiq Jarrar (Mufti of Jenin district), and the head of Jenin Municipality Hadem Jarrar.