Amjadi Bano Explained

Amjadi Bano Begum
Office:Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Term Start:1946
Term End:28 March 1947
Birth Date:1885
Birth Place:Rampur
Death Date:28 March 1947
Death Place:Bombay, India
Spouse:Mohammad Ali Jauhar (m. 1902)
Relations:Abadi Bano Begum (mother-in-law)
Children:4

Amjadi Bano (1885-28 March 1947) also known as Amjadi Bano Begum was an Indian revolutionary, freedom fighter, politician and journalist.[1] She was married to Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.[2] [3] She was the lone women in the first working committee of the Muslim League.[4] She also attended the First Round Table Conference in London.[5] She established Roznama Hind, an Urdu daily to spread the message of freedom. She was elected unopposed for a seat in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections of 1946.[6]

Early life

Bano was born in 1885 to Azmat Ali Khan, a high official of Rampur State, and received primary education at her home.[7]

Personal life

Bano was married to Muhammad Ali Jauhar, her cousin, at the age of 17 in 1902. She started her career in activism with her husband and Bi Amma, her mother-in-law.[8]

They had four daughters, two of them dying at 19.

Death and legacy

Bano died on 28 March 1947 and was buried at Khilafat House, Bombay (now Mumbai).[9]

Mahatma Gandhi, in his Young India of 29 November 1921, wrote a special article about her entitled 'A Brave Woman'.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newspaper . From the . 2021-03-28 . Remembering Amjadi Bano Begum . 2024-04-15 . DAWN.COM . en.
  2. Web site: 2012-03-23 . Amjadi Bano Begum: Woman behind Pakistan Resolution . 2024-04-15 . Brecorder . en.
  3. Web site: Amjadi Begum: The force behind Khilafat movement . 2024-04-15 . awazthevoice.in . en.
  4. Web site: 2019-03-29 . Remembering Amjadi Begum (1885 - 28 March 1947) . 2024-04-15 . The Friday Times . en.
  5. Web site: علیگ . شاہد صدیقی . 2024-03-28 . امجدی بانو بیگم: عظیم پردہ نشیں انقلابی خاتون...برسی کے موقع پر . 2024-04-15 . Qaumi Awaz . ur.
  6. Book: Menon, Visalakshi . Indian Women and Nationalism, the U.P. Story . 2003 . Har-Anand Publications . 978-81-241-0939-7 . en.
  7. Web site: Mahotsav . Amrit . Abadi Bano Begum . 2024-04-15 . Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India . English.
  8. Web site: Monitor . Urdu Media . 2015-03-30 . Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar's Wife Amjadi Begum Supported and Remained by the Side of Maulana at Every Step of the Khilafat Conference . 2024-04-15 . Urdu Media Monitor . en-GB.
  9. Web site: TwoCircles.net . 2015-04-01 . Amjadi Begum: 'A brave woman' . 2024-04-15 . TwoCircles.net . en-US.