On June 21, 2002, his father Badruddoza Chowdhury resigned after being compelled with the possibility of impeachment and removal from office by the BNP-led parliament under the charge of disrespecting BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.
In the Nagpur International Open in 2011, Vidit finished with 8 points out of 11, one point behind the eventual winner Ziaur Rahman.
Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981), Bangladeshi war hero, politician and statesman
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The military regimes of Ziaur Rahman and Hussain Muhammad Ershad took steps to forge strong commercial and cultural ties with Saudi Arabia.
In 2006, a brand new hospital and college campus was constructed on the outskirts of Bogra city, beside the Dhaka-Rangpur highway, named on the basis of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman who was born at Bogra.
During this Liberation War the Abdullahs took into their small two-bedroom home the wife and two young sons of Major Ziaur Rahman, later president of Bangladesh, but then a member of the Mukti Bahini (freedom fighters).
Zubaida Rahman, the younger daughter of Mahbub Ali Khan is also the wife of Tarique Rahman, the elder son of President Ziaur Rahman.
Zubaida Khan, the youngest daughter of Mahbub Ali Khan, is the wife of Tarique Rahman, the eldest son of President Ziaur Rahman.
Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, located in Bogra town, was established in 1992.