Liberation War of Bangladesh
Choudhury obtained the commonwealth scholarship to attend the McGill University for his PhD degree. But as the liberation war broke out in Bangladesh in 1971, Choudhury actively protested the massacre of the Pakistani Army on the Bangladeshi people. He was the founder secretary of Bangladesh Association of Quebec, Canada, formed on March 7, 1971. On his active supervision, a shipping of Sabre Jet spare parts for Chittagong, East Pakistan, was cancelled. Dr. Choudhury could not finish his Ph. D. and returned home to Bangladesh.
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