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Anwara Khatun

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Anwara Khatun
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1946–1947
Preceded byFarhat Banu
ConstituencyWomen's (Dacca)
Personal details
Born1925
Mirpur, Dacca, Bengal Presidency
Died1988 (aged 62–63)
Political partyAll-India Muslim League
Awami League
SpouseAli Amzad Khan

Anwara Khatun (Bengali: আনোয়ারা খাতুন) was a Bengali politician and member of provincial assembly.[1]

Early life

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Khatun was born in 1925 in Mirpur, Dacca, Bengal Presidency.[2] She was married off when she was six years old.[2] She completed a bachelor's degree in law and another in technology after which she completed her master's degree in art.[2]

Career

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Khatun was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1946.[2] She had hosted Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy at her house when he came to Dhaka in 1948.[3] She was invited to join the Shorbodolio Rashtrabhasha Shangram Parishad by Kazi Golam Mahbub.[2] She was an activist of the Bengali language movement.[4] She spoke in the assembly against the death of students protesting for making Bengali a state language of Pakistan in police action.[4] She was expelled from the Muslim League.[5] She attended the conference in Rose Garden which led to the creation of Awami League.[6]

Khatun was re-elected to the East Bengal Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front.[2]

Khatun led the Awami League in 1966 when the male leadership party was imprisoned.[7]

Personal life

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Khatun's husband, Ali Amzad Khan, was a founder of the Awami League.[2]

Death

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Khatun died in 1988.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Bari, Sarah Anjum (21 February 2020). "Anwara Khatun: The outspoken voice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (2012). The unfinished memoirs. New Delhi, India. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-0-670-08546-0. OCLC 840484565.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b "History seems indifferent to 'her tale'". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. ^ Nair, M. B. (1990). Politics in Bangladesh : a study of Awami League, 1949-58. New Delhi: Northern Book Centre. p. 57. ISBN 81-85119-79-1. OCLC 25108872.
  6. ^ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (2012). The unfinished memoirs. New Delhi, India. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-670-08546-0. OCLC 840484565.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Joseph, Suad; Naǧmābādī, Afsāna (2003). Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Family, Law and Politics. BRILL. p. 54. ISBN 978-90-04-12818-7.
  8. ^ "Anwara Khatun's anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2022.