Farida Hasan

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Farida Hasan
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
1991–1996
Personal details
Died (aged 78)
Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseSayedul Hasan (died 1971)
Children2

Farida Hasan was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament from a seat reserved for women.

Biography

Hasan was the founding general secretary of the cultural organization Chhayanaut. Her husband, Sayedul Hasan, came up with the name for the organization. [1] He was a leader of the National Awami Party (NAP). [2] He was killed by Pakistani forces in 1971. [3]

She was a member of the central committee of the NAP before she joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). [3] She was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a BNP candidate in 1991. [4]

Hasan died on 7 August 2008 in Dhaka. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Noor, Zahid Reza (14 April 2025). বটের ছায়ায় ছায়ানট [Shade in the shade of the banyan tree]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
  2. ↑ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (9 February 2022). ভাষা আন্দোলনের অনন্য সৈনিক নাফিসা কবীর [Nafisa Kabir, a unique soldier of the language movement]. The Daily Star (in Bengali).
  3. 1 2 "Farida Hasan buried". bdnews24.com. 8 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "List of 5th Jatiya Sangshad members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangshad . Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Farida Hasan passes away". The Daily Star. UNB. 8 August 2008.
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