Anwara Khatun | |
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Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1946–1947 | |
Preceded by | Farhat Banu |
Constituency | Women's (Dacca) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1925 Mirpur, Dacca, Bengal Presidency |
Died | 1988 (aged 62–63) |
Political party |
All-India Muslim League Awami League |
Spouse | Ali Amzad Khan |
Anwara Khatun ( Bengali: আনোয়ারা খাতুন) was a Bengali politician and member of provincial assembly. [1]
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]
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]
Khatun's husband, Ali Amzad Khan, was a founder of the Awami League. [2]
Khatun died in 1988. [8]
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