Английская Википедия:Anwara Khatun

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy datesШаблон:Infobox officeholder Anwara Khatun (Шаблон:Lang-bn) was a Bengali politician and member of provincial assembly.[1]

Early life

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

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

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

Death

Khatun died in 1988.[8]

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