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Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury was born on 1901 in Jorhat, Assam, British Raj, is an A 20th-century Bengalis. Discover Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Occupation Politician
Age 85 years old
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Born 1901, 1901
Birthday 1901
Birthplace Jorhat, Assam, British Raj
Date of death 1986
Died Place Bangladesh
Nationality Oman

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Her husband is Dewan Abdur Rahim Chowdhury

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1901

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

Zobeda Khanom was born in 1901, to a Bengali Muslim family in Jorhat, Assam.

Her father was Khan Bahadur Sharafat Ali and her mother was Nurjahan Begum.

The family were originally from Shilghat, Golapganj in Sylhet, but Ali had moved to Assam for employment.

Her education began in Dibrugarh, also in 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.

1919

In 1919, her 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.

She was the leader of Sylhet Womans Association.

1928

In 1928, the Sylhet Muslim Students Conference was held, which was attended by the likes of Qazi Nazrul Islam, AK Fazlul Huq, and Muhammad Shahidullah.

1943

She first became the president of the Sylhet District Women's Congress and later left the party and became the president of the Sylhet District Women's Muslim League in 1943.

1948

Demanding to make Bengali the state language, the women of Sylhet district met the Minister of Communications at the beginning of the language movement in 1948 and later handed over a memorandum to the then Prime Minister of East Bengal.

Here she played a leading role.

After sending this memorandum, they came under pressure in various ways.

At that time, the Eastern Herald, a pro-Urdu newspaper in Sylhet, in its editorial, made indecent remarks about the leader Zobeda Khanom and the memorandum.

Syeda Najibunnesa Khatun, another great language activist, protested against this indecent statement.

She said in a protest note published in the March 12 issue of the weekly Nau-Belal: "Those that despite being Bengali-speakers of East Pakistan oppose their mother tongue are treacherous children... In what way are the non-Urdu-speaking Muslims of Sylhet inferior in observing the rules of Islam than those proficient in Urdu? On the contrary, the conscious people have expressed the view that culture and heritage deserve a prominent place among the Muslims of Sylhet in the whole of East Pakistan."

Tamaddun Majlish founder Abul Kashem also sent a letter to Zobeda Khanom, expressing the Majlish's gratitude to her activism in Sylhet and giving her a sense of hope in response to the indecent media backlash.

The Bengalis were outraged when Urdu was declared the state language of Pakistan at the Ramna Race Course Ground in Dhaka by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and at the convocation ceremony of Dhaka University on March 24.

In this time, Zobeda Khanom sent a letter to Jinnah requesting Bengali to be given status.

Her son, Ahmad Kabir Chowdhury, also took part in the language movement.

He was killed during a police firing at a student protest on 21 February (now recognised as International Mother Language Day).

Zobeda Khanom was one of the many members of the Sylhet Regional All-Parties State Language Council.

1986

Zobeda Khanom died in Bangladesh in 1986.