Less known Muslim Women Freedom Fighters
Sultana Saleem was one of the officers of Azad Hind Fauj, or INA, of Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Muslim Women makers of Modern Bihar
The British government fined Mahmooda for breaking the salt law but, a committed Congress worker, she denied paying any fine.
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Rani Lakshmibai’s Spirit in Gwalior who Fought for Women Empowerment
Lakshmibai Rajwade’s unwavering commitment to promoting gender equality and empowering women has been at the forefront of her endeavors.
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Rashid-un-Nisa, The First Woman Urdu Novelist didn’t have name as author
From the beginning the history of Urdu Novel writing was pegged around women and their issues. The first one – Maulvi Nazeer Ahmad’s Mirat-ul-Uroos, – published in 1869, and its sequel Binat-un-Nash included, most early novels/stories were about the women, their education and social status.
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Sati al-Nisa – The female medical practitioner in Shah Jahan’s court
Female practitioners of the medical arts were active in the ancient world and one of the earliest known female physicians in Shahjahan court was Sati al-Nisa of Amul, a city in the Caspian province of Mazandaran in Northern Iran.
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The Five Muslim Women Achievers You Need to Know About
Begum Qudsia Aijaz Rasul (1909 – 2001) was the only Muslim woman in the Constituent Assembly of India that drafted the Constitution of India.
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Bibi Soghra: A Towering Philanthropist Vanished into History
Bibi Soghra was an “enlightened, socially conscious, and wise woman” who chose to donate her property in the service of the community and the country instead of giving it to her relatives.
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Ameena Mustafa – The first president of trained public health nurse association of Kerala
Ameena Mustafa was born on May 19, 1928. After completion of S.S.L.C., Ameena attained a degree in Nursing from Madras.
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Queen Elizabeth, A Colonial Demise in the Decolonial Era
Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realm, passed away yesterday on the 8th of September 2022, at 18:30 BST.
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MUSLIM FEMALES IN INDIAN AVIATION
If you try searching the names of Indian female pilots, you will come across a recent few names such as Saarah Hameed Ahmed, Iram Habib, Sayeda Fatima, etc.
But the truth is that India has witnessed three Indian Muslim female pilots as early as the twentieth century – Abida Sultan, Begum Hijab Imtiyaz Ali, and Zeenat Haroon Rasheed.
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When Sheikh Abdullah (Papa Mian) wrote poem for his daughter, Khurshid Jahan
Sheikh Abdullah, founder of Women’s College in Aligarh, and Begum Waheed Jahan had seven children, five daughters and two sons. Begum Khurshid Jahan, born in 1918, was the youngest daughter.
When she was a kid, there was a rumour that beggars with long beards kidnapped the children and would sell them away. Therefore, Begum Khurshid, when four year old, used to get terrified at the mere sight of any man with a long beard.
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The Yaqoob Sisters : First Female Muslim Doctors of the Indian Subcontinent
Have you heard of Dr Umm e Kulsoom & Dr Amturraqeeb (also known as the Yaqoob sisters)? Do you know who were they and what are they known for?
Amturraqeeb and Ummekulsoom were sisters who are considered as the first Muslim female Indian doctors.
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The most influential women in the history of medicine
An Italian scholarly female professor, Dorotea Bucca (1360-1436) of the University of Bologna became the first female to teach medicine at the university.
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It’s Time to Stop Stereotyping Muslim Women
Just the other day I was a part of a live discussion in a Muslim Spaces on Twitter. The topic
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Dr Sushila Nayar – Gandhi’s Doctor and a Messiah of Public Health in India
In 1977, Dr Sushila Nayar retired from the political arena and continued working for the upliftment of society.
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Sayeed Sultana : Wonder Girl From Hyderabad Who Stunned the World of Table Tennis
Sayeed Sultana was India’s table tennis national champion in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Her family migrated to Pakistan in 1956. She too went to Pakistan and continued playing and won championships in 1956, 1957, and 1958. She was the table tennis national champion of Pakistan. In 1959, she retired and passed away on 15th September, 2005.
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Muhammadi Begum: The First Woman Editor of a Magazine in India
Syeda Muhammadi Begum was the first woman in the Indian sub-continent to be the editor of a weekly magazine, ‘Tehzeeb-e-Niswaan’.
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Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot
‘Meri na-kaam Mohabbat’ (My failed love), a story written by Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali when she was 12 years old is often considered as one of the best romantic stories ever written in Urdu. The family she was married into was one of the most progressive Muslim families and encouraged her to learn flying after marriage and becoming mother.
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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz: Who Won the Political Rights For the Indian Women
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was one of the two women representatives at the First Round Table Conference, one of the three women representatives at the Second Round Table Conference, and the only woman at the Third Round Table Conference. Later on, when the Joint Select Committee was formed to finalize the Government of India Act, of 1935, Jahanara was the only woman member of it.
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Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi
According to historians, Begum Mahboob Fatima was the first Muslim woman in Delhi to have been sentenced to prison for waging ‘the war against the Crown’.
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