Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury

Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury (; 1901–1986), also known as Zobeda Rahim Chowdhury , was one among the leading woman who partook in the Bengali language movement from Sylhet and a pioneering women in Bangladeshi politics.

Early life and education Zobeda Khanom was born in 1901 in Jorhat in the then North-East Frontier (now in Assam) to Khan Bahadur Sharafat Ali Chowdhury, a high-ranking British Police officer, and Nurjahan Begum. She was the second of ten children, four of whom were from her father's second marriage. The family were originally from Shilghat, Golapganj in Sylhet, but Chowdhury had moved to Assam for employment. Her education began in Dibrugarh, Assam, where her father was working at the time. She then enrolled at the Eden Mohila College in Dacca, where she became the college's first female Muslim student.

In 1919, Khanom's father arranged for her to marry Dewan Abdur Rahim Chowdhury, who was a member of the Assam Legislative Council. They had five sons and four daughters.