Jahanara Begum (social worker)

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Jahanara Begum
জাহানারা বেগম
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationSocial worker

Jahanara Begum is a Bangladeshi social worker. [1] Dubbed the Queen of Cottage Industry, she engages poor women in training and working in the cotton industry. [1]

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She was awarded Independence Day Award in 1993 by the Government of Bangladesh. [2]

Background and career

Begum was born to Azmat Ali. She was married to Moninul Islam Miyagi. After the wedding, she moved to Adda village of Barura Upazila. [1]

Begum wrote books on cottage industry and its development and history:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dignity Through Labour". The Daily Star. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. "স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্/a>[List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-08-14.