by Admin | Aug 14, 2025 | Education, Social Work
Begum Badr-un-Nissa Akhtar was a pioneering figure in the history of women’s education and social reform in early 20th-century British India. Born into a distinguished intellectual family, the Suhrawardys of Midnapore, Bengal, in 1894, she received an...
by Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Education
Begum Khursheed Khwaja (1894–1981), known after her marriage as Begum Abdul Majeed Khwaja, was a pioneering educator, nationalist, and women’s rights advocate who played a transformative role in expanding educational opportunities for Muslim women in...
by Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | Education, Social Work
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was a seminal figure in the history of women’s rights in British India. A trailblazing Bengali feminist, writer, and social activist, her life’s work was dedicated to challenging oppressive societal norms and advancing the...
by Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | Education, Social Work
Begum Sayyid Mahmud, also known as Musharraf Jahan Begum, was a significant figure in the social and educational reform movements of late 19th and early 20th-century India. Through her prominent family connections and her own unwavering dedication, she became a...
by Admin | Aug 2, 2025 | Education, Social Work
Begum Shehnaz Sidrat is a prominent Indian social reformer and the dynamic president of Bazm-e-Khawateen, Lucknow’s oldest and most influential Muslim women’s organisation. For decades, she has been a pivotal voice in the movement for Muslim women’s...
by Admin | Jul 24, 2025 | Education
Begum Waheed Jahan (1886-1939), affectionately known as Aala Bi, was a pioneering figure in the movement for Muslim women’s education in India. Born in Delhi in 1874 to a progressive family, she received a comprehensive home education in Urdu, Persian,...
