Jahanara Imam

Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is widely remembered for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She was known as Shaheed Janani .

Jahanara Imam was born to a Muslim family in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India in May 3, 1929. She was the eldest daughter in a family of three brothers and four sisters. Her father Syed Abdul Ali was a Civil Servant in the Bengal Civil Service. She lived in many different parts of Bengal wherever her father was posted. Her mother Hamida Ali, was a housewife. At that time there was a lot of social pressure against Muslim women pursuing further studies, but Hamida was determined that Jahanaras education would not be constrained.

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