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Sufia Kamal | |
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সুফিয়া কামাল | |
Born | Syeda Sufia Begum 20 June 1911[1][2] |
Died | 20 November 1999 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Poet, writer |
Spouses | Syed Nehal Hossain
(m. 1922; died 1932)Kamaluddin Ahmed
(m. 1939; died 1977) |
Children | Sultana Kamal (daughter) |
Awards | full list |
Begum Sufia Kamal (20 June 1911 – 20 November 1999) was a Bangladeshi poet, feminist leader, and political activist.[3][4] She took part in the Bengali nationalist movement of the 1950s and civil society leader in independent Bangladesh. She led feminist activism and was a president of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. She died in 1999 and was the first woman to be given a state funeral in Bangladesh.[5][6]