Rama Chowdhury

Rama Chowdhury (14 October 1936 – 3 September 2018) was a Bangladeshi writer and birangana of Bangladesh Liberation War during 1971. In Bangladesh, she is best known for her autobiographical work "Ekatorer Jononi" ("Mother of 71") which describes the torture committed by Pakistani military during the Bangladesh Liberation War. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh posthumously in 2019.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1936 at Popadia village in Boalkhali Upazila of Chittagong.

Career In the following year 1962, Chowdhury commenced her career as the principal of Cox's Bazar High School and for the next 16 years she served the same role at different colleges in Bangladesh.

Personal life Chowdhury gave birth to three sons and her first two sons died within the two years after the Liberation War, they were only five and three years old then. Her third child died in a road accident in 1998.