Begum Zaffar Ali

Begum Zaffar Ali
Born1901
Srinagar, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
Died1999
United States
Occupation(s)Educationist, Women's liberation activist
Known forWomen's liberation, first woman matriculate of Kashmir
SpouseAgha Zaffar Ali Qizilbash
ChildrenAgha Nasir Ali, Agha Shaukat Ali, Agha Ashraf Ali
ParentKhan Bahadur Aga Syed Hussain Thakur
RelativesAgha Shahid Ali (grandson), Syed Ahmed Aga (Brother)
AwardsPadma Shri

Begum Zaffar Ali, née Sahibzaadi Syeda Fatima,[1] was an Indian women's rights activist and the first woman matriculate of the Indian state of Kashmir and Jammu who went on to become Inspector of Schools in Kashmir.[2] She was an educationist, women's liberation activist, deputy director of education and later a legislator in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[3] She was associated with the activities of the All India Women's Conference and was its secretary before partition, but a chance meeting with Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his sister, Fatima Jinnah in Kashmir, who would later visit the family for banquets, influenced her and she left the conference to concentrate her efforts in women's liberation movements in the pre-independent India.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Kandahar's Qizilbash". 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Kandahar's Qizilbash". 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Seven Influential Kashmiri Women". The Parallel Post. 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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