Hasina Murshed

Hasina Murshed
Hasina Murshed
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1937–1945
Succeeded by	Husan Ara Begum[1]
Constituency	Women's (Calcutta)
Personal details
Spouse	Syed Manzoor Murshed
Children	Syed Tanweer Murshed
Relatives	Yasmeen Murshed (daughter-in-law)

Hasina Murshed was a Bengali politician, educationist, and Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Hasina Murshed was married to Syed Manzoor Murshed, they had a son Syed Tanweer Murshed. She was her husbands second wife, his first wife was a member of Dhaka Nawab family. Syed Tanweer Murshed was married to Yasmeen Murshed, who was also a member of Dhaka Nawab family. Hasina was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly of British India in 1937.[2] She was the first women parliamentary secretary of Bengal. She was self-educated. She was one of the founders of Lady Brabourne College, the first college in Bengal for Muslim women.[3] She sat in the governing body of Lady Brabourne College.[4] She was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the British Raj.[5] She was a member of the Coalition Party. In the Bengal Legislative Assembly, she talked about the importance of women's education and called for the building of women's college and hostels.[6]

References

Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.
"Yasmeen Murshed". nawabbari.com. Nawab Bari. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Basu, Anasuya. "Love and politics". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Amin, S. N. (1996). The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939. BRILL. p. 169. ISBN 9004106421.
The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1942. p. 77.
Begum, Jahanara (1994). The last decade of undivided Bengal: parties, politics & personalities. Minerva Associates (Publications). p. 42. ISBN 9788185195605.

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[1] Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.

[2] "Yasmeen Murshed". nawabbari.com. Nawab Bari. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[3] Basu, Anasuya. "Love and politics". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[4] Amin, S. N. (1996). The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939. BRILL. p. 169. ISBN 9004106421.

[5] The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1942. p. 77.

[6] Begum, Jahanara (1994). The last decade of undivided Bengal: parties, politics & personalities. Minerva Associates (Publications). p. 42. ISBN 9788185195605.