About Ivy Rahman
Lived 1944 – 2004 (aged 60). Ivy Rahman was a Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani politician.
Ivy Rahman (; ; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004)
Career Rahman was the founding organizing secretary of the Awami League's women's wing, Mohila Awami League, established by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1969.
Death and legacy On 21 August 2004, Rahman was present at an Awami League political rally in Dhaka. Ivy Rahman was injured in the grenade blast, and both of her legs were blown off. After three days, she died on 24 August 2004, in the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. She was buried in Banani Graveyard. She was given a posthumous Independence Award in 2009.
Bangladesh's first swimming sports organizing and training swimming pool was posthumously named after her.
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Who was Ivy Rahman?
Bangladeshi politician
When was Ivy Rahman born?
Ivy Rahman was born on 7 July 1944 in Bhairab Upazila.
When did Ivy Rahman die?
Ivy Rahman died on 24 August 2004 in Dhaka.
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Ivy Rahman was a politician.
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Ivy Rahman was Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani.
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