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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Aligarh College’s earliest attempt at Women’s education, before Sheikh Abdullah’s College
“The education imparted would consist, first, of the repetition of the Koran, Urdu reading and writing, and simple arithmetic. In addition to reading . This and writing they would be taught the elements of domestic economy, especially cooking and, sanitation; they would also learn sewing of all kinds…”
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Bibi Kamal: Bihar’s First Female Sufi Saint and Her Enduring Legacy
Bibi Kamal passed away in 1296, and her tomb remains a key site of reverence at Kako Sharif, situated about 50 kilometers from Patna, along the Jehanabad-Bihar Sharif road. Notably, her husband’s tomb is located in Bankanagar, just 1-2 kilometers from her own, highlighting the close connection between their final resting places.
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When Ismat Chughtai sent Aligarh boys to beat up a local cleric in Aligarh
Ismat Chughtai responded to Shahid Ahrarwi with an article which was published in Aligarh Gazette calling male students of Aligarh to save Women’s College. In response, male students had beaten up Ahrarwi.
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The contributions of women to the Indian freedom struggle were beyond protests, rallies and picketing shops
While we pay tribute to the women for their contributions to the Indian freedom struggle we must not neglect their sacrifices and challenges. While women battled with the internal challenges of patriarchy and orthodox beliefs, they also faced brutalities conducted by the British. Their veils were torn, they were raped, they were lathi-charged and were imprisoned in jails that had unbearable conditions.
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Reading gaps in SLB’s Heeramandi through Khatun, a 20th century magazine
Khatun remained in publication from 1904-1914 and during that time it worked towards making the people, especially Muslim Intelligentsia, aware and comfortable with the idea of modern education for women. The public sphere sustained by the magazine Khatun was later manifested in the form of the organization Anjuman-i-Khawatin-i-Islam which was formed in 1914.
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Zohra Ansari, the Freedom Fighter Who Taught Urdu to Mahatma Gandhi and Sold Her House to Fund Congress
Begum Zohra Ansari sold away ‘Dar-us-Salam’ to raise party funds and worked for the victory of the candidates of the Indian National Congress and for the defeat of the candidates of the Muslim League, who wanted partition.
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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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The Life and Times of Atiya Faizee: India’s First Muslim Woman to Get Modern Education
Atiya Faizee was the first Muslim woman in India to receive a modern education, involve herself in women’s activism and appear without a veil in public.
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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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Makhfi’s Mentor: The Life and Works of Mazandarani
“Among destitute Iranians there is nothing but desire for India,
All day the fasting people long for night”
-Mazandarani
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Matiel Moghannam, ‘The Palestinian Gandhi’
Matiel Moghannam, ‘The Palestinian Gandhi’
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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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