Hajrah Begum
Hajrah Begum | |
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General Secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women | |
In office 1954–1962 | |
Preceded by | Post Created |
Succeeded by | Renu Chakravartty |
Personal details | |
Born | 1910 |
Died | 20 January 2003 | (aged 92–93)
Political party | Montessori |
Alma mater | London |
Occupation | Politician |
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Progressive Writers' Movement |
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Hajrah Begum (1910-2003) was an Indian politician, a leader of the Communist Party of India and the former General Secretary National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) from 1954 to 1962 .
Hajra Begum was born into a wealthy family in 1910.[1] She grew up in Rampur.[2] Her father was a magistrate in Meerut.[2] Zohra Sehgal was her sister.[3] Hajra Begum was married to her cousin, but soon divorced and returned to her father's house along with her infant son.[2][4] During this period she became inspired by the Meerut Conspiracy Case, the judicial process against the Indian communist leadership.[2]
In 1933 Begum went to Great Britain with her son, to study
She became the organising secretary of the All India Women's Conference in 1940, and edited its organ Hindi-language organ Roshni.[5][9] She was a frequent contributor to the weekly Qaumi Jang.[5] She was imprisoned at Lucknow Jail for five months in 1949, and worked in the underground after her release.[5]
She was a participant at the World Peace Conference in Vienna in 1952.[5] Hajra Begum was one of the founders of the National Federation of Indian Women and former General Secretary from 1954 to 1962.[5]
Hajra Begum died on 20 January 2003, after a prolonged period of illness.[5] She is survived by her daughter, Urdu theater director, Salima Raza, and granddaughter, actress Ayesha Raza Mishra.[10]
References
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- ^ "Burlington Hotel. Lucknow 1953. My Amma with her cousin Kiran Segal. My Nani Hajrah Begum with her sisters Zohra Segal and Uzra Butt and their father Mumtazullah Khan!". picuki.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.