The Begum: A Portrait Of Raã•Ana Liaquat Ali Khan: Pakistanã•S Pioneering First Lady
Author :Deepa Agarwal
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The Begum: A Portrait of RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan
PakistanÕs Pioneering First Lady
Deepa Agarwal and Tahmina Aziz Ayub
Begum RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan was the wife of PakistanÕs first prime minister. She was born Irene Margaret Pant in Kumaon in the early twentieth century. Always intelligent, outgoing and independent, she was teaching economics in a Delhi college when she met Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, a rising politician in the Muslim League who championed the cause for Pakistan. They married in 1933 and Irene Pant became RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan. In August 1947, they left for Pakistan where RaÕana set about working for nation building. After Liaquat Ali KhanÕs assassination in 1951, she continued to be active in public life and her contribution to All Pakistan WomenÕs Association (APWA) and womenÕs empowerment in Pakistan is felt to this day. Her story embodies all the major tropes of the Indian subcontinentÕs recent history. She participated actively in all the major movements of her timeÑthe freedom struggle, the Pakistan Movement and the fight for womenÕs empowerment. It is this spirit that this book captures.
Author Description
Deepa Agarwal is a poet, translator and the author of several acclaimed childrenÕs books and winner of the NCERT award for childrenÕs literature.
Tahmina Aziz Ayub has a postgraduate degree in social anthropology from the University of Sussex, UK, and has worked in the fields of gender and development, human rights and womenÕs empowerment.
ÔThe Begum is a rare, unusual and riveting biography ÉÕ
Ð Muneeza Shamsie, critic and author of Hybrid Tapestries: The Development of Pakistani Literature in English
Author :Deepa Agarwal
Condition : New
Binding : HB
Pages : N/A
Publisher : Book corner
Language : N/A
Publication Year : N/A
The Begum: A Portrait of RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan
PakistanÕs Pioneering First Lady
Deepa Agarwal and Tahmina Aziz Ayub
Begum RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan was the wife of PakistanÕs first prime minister. She was born Irene Margaret Pant in Kumaon in the early twentieth century. Always intelligent, outgoing and independent, she was teaching economics in a Delhi college when she met Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, a rising politician in the Muslim League who championed the cause for Pakistan. They married in 1933 and Irene Pant became RaÕana Liaquat Ali Khan. In August 1947, they left for Pakistan where RaÕana set about working for nation building. After Liaquat Ali KhanÕs assassination in 1951, she continued to be active in public life and her contribution to All Pakistan WomenÕs Association (APWA) and womenÕs empowerment in Pakistan is felt to this day. Her story embodies all the major tropes of the Indian subcontinentÕs recent history. She participated actively in all the major movements of her timeÑthe freedom struggle, the Pakistan Movement and the fight for womenÕs empowerment. It is this spirit that this book captures.
Author Description
Deepa Agarwal is a poet, translator and the author of several acclaimed childrenÕs books and winner of the NCERT award for childrenÕs literature.
Tahmina Aziz Ayub has a postgraduate degree in social anthropology from the University of Sussex, UK, and has worked in the fields of gender and development, human rights and womenÕs empowerment.
ÔThe Begum is a rare, unusual and riveting biography ÉÕ
Ð Muneeza Shamsie, critic and author of Hybrid Tapestries: The Development of Pakistani Literature in English
