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Begum Rokeya. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain [a] ( Bengali: রোকেয়া সাখাওয়াত হোসেন; 9 December 1880 [b] – 9 December 1932), commonly known as Begum Rokeya, [c] was a prominent Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from British India. She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women's ...
- 9 December 1932 (aged 52), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Woman empower, Writer, Feminist Thinker, Educator, Activist
Aug 29, 2020 · Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain or Begum Rokeya was a 19th Century feminist writer, educationist and social reformer. Born in what is today Bangladesh to a wealthy Muslim family, Begum Rokeya defied her ...
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Begum Rokeya also wrote a science fiction novella, Sultana’s Dream, in which she lives in a feminist utopian world ruled by women. Early Life and Work. Begum Rokeya was born in Pairabondh village of Rangpour. Her father, a local landlord, married 4 times, and imposed a strict veiling upon the women of his family.
Dec 9, 2018 · Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the legendary Bengali writer-activist whose leadership had transformed the lives of thousands of people in this region and beyond, was born on this day in 1880.
Dec 27, 2022 · Begum Rokeya was the first woman in her society to highlight the issue of gender inequality, and through her writing and social work, she passed a message to the Bengali women to embark upon a ...
Mar 11, 2021 · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain also known as Begum Rokeya, was a litterateur, educationist, social reformer and feminist who worked tirelessly for the emancipation of Muslim women. Her book ‘Sultana’s Dream’ is a rare feminist literature that imagined a utopia of an advanced scientifically developed society where gender roles were reversed; men ...
