Farhat Banu

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.[1] She was also a member of the select committee and one 21 women members in that committee.[2] She introduced The Orphanages and Widows Home Act inn 1944 in the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[3] She gave a copy of the bill to Kumudini Basu, Secretary of the Nari Raksha Samiti.[4]

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.[5] 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.[1][6] 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.[7] Her husband's niece, Hashmat Ara Begum, was married to Khondoker Fazle Sobhan, one of their son is, noted economist Rehman Sobhan.[8]

References
  1. Wasiuddin, Aneela (22 September 2017). "In memory of Lt General Khwaja Wasiuddin". The Daily Star. The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. Tripathi, Dwijendra (1987). State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective. Manohar Publications. p. 253. ISBN 9788185054261.
  3. Halim, M. Abdul (1993). Social Welfare Legislation in Bangladesh. Oihik. p. 141. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. The Modern Review. Modern Review Office. 1941. p. 610. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. Alamgir, Mohammad. "Shahabuddin, Khwaja". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. Bangladesh, Asiatic Society of (2003). Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 208. ISBN 9789843205841.
  7. "Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away". The Daily Star. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. "In conversation with Professor Rehman Sobhan". The Daily Star. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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