Halima Khatun

Halima Khatun
হালিমা খাতুন
Born(1933-08-25)25 August 1933
Bagerhat, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 July 2018(2018-07-03) (aged 84)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Rajshahi University
University of Northern Colorado

Halima Khatun (25 August 1933 – 3 July 2018)[1] was a Bangladeshi activist, writer and academic. She took part in Bengali Language Movement in 1952 along with other activists including Rawshan Ara Bachchu.[2] She was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2019.[3][4]

  1. ^ Nashid Kamal (2018-09-01). "Professor Dr. Halima Khatun". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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  3. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ "21 named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-06.