Bahadur Shah I
Chowdhurani was born in 1834 in the village of Pashchimgaon under Laksham in the district of Comilla. Her father was Ahmed Ali Chowdhury also known as Shahzada Mirza Aurangazeb, Nawab, Khan Bahadur, the zamindar of Homnabad-Pashchimgaon estate. Their family were descendants of the Mughal emperors via a paternal niece of Bahadur Shah I.