Farhat Banu
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1945
Succeeded byAnwara Khatun[1]
ConstituencyWomen's (Dacca)
Personal details
Died19 February 1977
Spouse
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(m. 1915)​
Children
Parent

Farhat Banu was a Member of the Dhaka Nawab family and member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in British India. Her uncle was the Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Salimullah.

Career

Farhat Banu was a Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, the largest legislature in the British Raj.[5] She was also a member of the select committee and one 21 women members in that committee.[6] She introduced The Orphanages and Widows Home Act inn 1944 in the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[7] She gave a copy of the bill to Kumudini Basu, Secretary of the Nari Raksha Samiti.[8]

Personal life

Farhat Banu was married to Khwaja Shahabuddin of the Dhaka Nawab family in 1912. Khwaja Shahabuddin was the Governor of Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan and served as a Minister in the Cabinet of Pakistan. Khwaja Shahabuddin died on 9 February 1977 in Karachi, Pakistan.[9] Her father was Nawabzada Khwaja Atiqullah was also a member of the Dhaka Nawab family and her uncle, Sir Khwaja Salimullah, was the Nawab of Dhaka. Her son was Lieutenant General Khwaja Wasiuddin.[5][10] Her another son was Khwaja Zakiuddin, a banker in East Pakistan. Zakiuddin was married to Begum Binoo Zakiuddin, they had two daughters Almas Zakiuddin and Yasmeen Murshed and one son Zahed Zakiuddin.[11] Her husband's niece, Hashmat Ara Begum, was married to Khondoker Fazle Sobhan, one of their son is, noted economist Rehman Sobhan.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.
  2. ↑ Huda, Sigma (25 November 2011). "In remembrance: Alamgir M. A. Kabir". The Daily Star.
  3. ↑ "Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away". The Daily Star. 18 January 2003.
  4. ↑ Alamgir, Md. (2012). "Wasiuddin, Lt General Khwaja". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 Wasiuddin, Aneela (22 September 2017). "In memory of Lt General Khwaja Wasiuddin". The Daily Star. The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Tripathi, Dwijendra (1987). State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective. Manohar Publications. p. 253. ISBN 9788185054261.
  7. ↑ Halim, M. Abdul (1993). Social Welfare Legislation in Bangladesh. Oihik. p. 141. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ↑ The Modern Review. Modern Review Office. 1941. p. 610. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Alamgir, Mohammad. "Shahabuddin, Khwaja". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 2003. p. 208. ISBN 9789843205841.
  11. ↑ "Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away". The Daily Star. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "In conversation with Professor Rehman Sobhan". The Daily Star. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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