About Khodeja Khatun
Lived 1917 – 1990 (aged 72). Khodeja Khatun was a Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani writer.
Khodeja Khatun (August 15, 1917 – February 3, 1990) was a Bangladeshi educationist, writer and social worker.
Education and career In 1939, Khatun became the second Muslim woman of Bengal to obtain a master's degree in Bangla literature from the University of Dhaka. In 1941 she became a lecturer in Lady Brabourne College in Kolkata. After the Partition of India in 1947, she migrated to Dhaka. Ekti Sur Ekti Gan (1982) Bhindeshi Sera Galpa (1984) Amar Dirgha Bhraman (1985) Shatapuspa (3 vols) (1984, 1989 and 1990)
Awards President's Gold Medal (1967) Nurunnessa Khatun Vidyavinodini Medal (1977) Abdur Razzak Memorial Medal (1984)
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Bangladeshi writer and educationist (1917-1990)
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Khodeja Khatun was born on 15 August 1917 in Bengal Presidency, Bogra District.
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Khodeja Khatun died on 3 February 1990.
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Khodeja Khatun was a writer.
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Khodeja Khatun was Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani.
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