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Khujista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiyya (also spelled as Khujastha Akhtar Banu) popularly known as Suhrawardy Begum was a late 19th century writer, Bengali socialite, educationist and a social reformer. Khujista was the first Indian woman to pass the Senior Cambridge examinations, in the year 1887.
Khujista Akhtar Banu: Khujista was the eldest daughter of Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy. She was a writer, scholar, and social worker. Khujista was home schooled as a child. She learnt Persian, Urdu, Arabic and English from her father.
Mar 8, 2022 · Khujista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardy, a social reformer, was the first Indian woman to pass the Senior Cambridge Examinations. Huseyn Saheed Suhrawardy was the former prime minister of Pakistan while Princess Sarvath al-Hassan, a Suhrawardy, was once the Crown Princess of the ruling Hashemite royal family of Jordan.
Oct 13, 2014 · Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula reaffirmed Shah Alam II as the rightful Mughal emperor. Shah Alam took part in the Battle of Buxar (23 Oct 1764) with Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Shuja-ud-Daula against the British.
5th Prime Minister of Pakistan Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a son of Khujastha Akhtar Banu, a sister of Hassan Suhrawardy. Khujastha was married to her cousin Justice Sir Zahid Suhrawardy, an early Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Nov 9, 2010 · 52 Amongst the many Muslim women involved in writing and activism were Muhammadi Begum (1878?–1908), Rokeya Sakhavat Husain (1880–1932), Khujista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiya (1874–1919), Jahan Ara Shah Nawaz (1896–1979), Rashid Jahan (1905–1952).
Mar 29, 2021 · Her paternal aunt Khujista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardy was a reformist author and educationist; her cousin Husain Shahid Suhrawardy was premier of Bengal in the mid-1940s and prime minister of Pakistan in 1956–57.
