About Anwara Khatun
Lived 1918 – 1988 (aged 69–70). Anwara Khatun was a Bangladeshi politician.
Anwara Khatun was a Bengali politician and member of provincial assembly.
Early life Khatun was born in 1925 in Mirpur, Dacca, Bengal Presidency. She was married off when she was six years old. She was invited to join the Shorbodolio Rashtrabhasha Shangram Parishad by Kazi Golam Mahbub. She spoke in the assembly against the death of students protesting for making Bengali a state language of Pakistan in police action. She attended the conference in Rose Garden which led to the creation of Awami League.
Khatun was re-elected to the East Bengal Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front.
Personal life Khatun's husband, Ali Amzad Khan, was a founder of the Awami League.
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Who was Anwara Khatun?
Bengali politician
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Anwara Khatun was born in 1918.
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Anwara Khatun died in 1988.
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Anwara Khatun was a politician.
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Anwara Khatun was Bangladeshi.
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