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Jahanara Imam () ( May 3, 1929 — June 26, 1994 ) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist.
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Jahanara Imam was born to a progressive Muslim family in Murshidabad, in West Bengal, India.
After finishing her studies in 1945 in Carmichael College in Rangpur, Jahanara Imam went to Lady Brabourne College of Calcutta University and in 1947 obtained her Bachelor's Degree.
During this time Jahanara Imam finished her Master's Degree in Bengali Language and Literature and a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Dhaka University in 1962 and 1963 respectively.
After Bangladesh achieved independence, Jahanara Imam started her literary career.
In her young days, Jahanara Imam was known for her beauty and elegance.
Jahanara Imam died in Detroit, USA on 26 June 1994.
Jahanara Imam was a prolific writer and made great contribution to Bengali literature.
Subsequently, Jahanara Imam organized the Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee ( Committee to exterminate the Killers and Collaborators ), and became its public face.
Jahanara Imam and 24 other intellectuals were charged with treason.
The activities of the " Ekattorer Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee " led by Jahanara Imam were deemed unlawful by the Government of Bangladesh.
Jahanara Imam ’ s last message to the nation written from her deathbed:
( From Shahid Janani Jahanara Imam )
* Early in her career, Jahanara Imam also translated several books from English into Bengali, including some of the popular " Little House " books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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* Jahanara Imam Hall: named after Jahanara Imam
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Shahzadi ( Imperial Princess ) Jahanara Begum Sahib () ( April 2, 1614 – September 16, 1681 ) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
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Princess Jahanara planned a state funeral which was to include a procession with Shah Jahan's body carried by eminent nobles followed by the notable citizens of Agra and officials scattering coins for the poor and needy.
Akbar's descendant, Jahanara Begum Sahib, was also a devout follower of the Chisti Order.
Her personal fortune ( valued at 10, 000, 000 rupees ) was divided by Shah Jahan between Jahanara Begum, who received half and the rest of her surviving children.
Mumtaz Mahal's personal fortune valued at 10, 000, 000 rupees, was divided by Shah Jahan between Jahanara Begum ( who received half ) and the rest of her surviving children.
Jahanara was in her wardrobe, when the chemicals in her perfume got close to a lamp and started a fire, causing her to be engulfed in flames.
Jahanara was soon secure enough in her position to occasionally argue with Aurangzeb and have certain special privileges which other women did not possess.
Jahanara was known for her active part in looking after the poor and financing the building of mosques and gardens.
He was favoured as a successor by his father and his sister Princess Jahanara Begum Sahib, but was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin ( later the Emperor Aurangzeb ) in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.
Akbar Khan's wife, Begum Nasim ( daughter of the famous Muslim League woman politician Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz ), was quite indiscreet in her conversation, criticizing the Government and its policies before all and sundry, as did Akbar Khan himself, to some extent.
The Mughal princesses Jahanara and Zebunnissa were well-known poets, and also influenced the ruling administration Shivaji's mother, Jijabai was deputed as queen regent, because of her ability as a warrior and an administrator.
Jahanara Imam's diary, in some respect like that of Anne Frank, was a very personal account of tragedy.
This grand street was laid out by Jahanara Begam, daughter of Shah Jahan.
He was the spiritual mentor of the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh Qadri ( 1615 – 1659 ) and his sister Princess Jahanara Begum.
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She is the daughter of the famous literary journalist, compiler and editor Muneeza Shamsie, niece of Attia Hosain and granddaughter of the writer Begum Jahanara Habibullah.
She is daughter of the writer Jahanara Habibullah, author of a memoir.
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* 1614 – Jahanara Begum Sahib, Imperial Princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal ( d. 1681 )
Jahanara Begum Sahib, Jahan's first daughter, voluntarily shared his 8-year confinement and nursed him in his dotage.
Confined to bed, he became progressively weaker until, on 22 January, he commanded the ladies of the imperial court, particularly his consort of later years Akbarabadi Mahal, to the care of Jahanara.
The passing of Shah Jahan ; attending him, his daughter Princess Jahanara.
Mumtaz Mahal mothered fourteen children by Shah Jahan, including Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan's successor, the Imperial Prince Dara Shukoh the heir apparent anointed by Shah Jahan and Jahanara Begum, the Imperial Princess.
Shah Jahan's eldest daughter, the devoted Jahanara Begum, gradually brought him out of grief and took the place of Mumtaz at court.
Upon the death of Mumtaz Mahal in 1631, Jahanara, aged 17, took the place of her mother as First Lady of the Empire, despite her father having three other wives.
The passing of Shah Jahan beside his daughter and caretaker Princess Jahanara.
Jahanara had referred to her brother Aurangzeb as the " white serpent " ( since Aurangzeb had very fair complexion ) in a kind of diary she had written, also calling him a tiger and panther.
Jahanara took the side of Dara Shikoh in the struggle for the throne.
On Aurangzeb's ascent to the throne, Jahanara joined her father in imprisonment at the Agra Fort, where she devoted herself to his care until his death.
After the death of their father, Jahanara and Aurangzeb were reconciled.
Of the eighteen buildings in the city of Shahjahanabad commissioned by women, Jahanara commissioned five of them.
Jahanara Begum made such progress on the Sufi path that Mullah Shah would have named her his successor in the Qadiriyya, but the rules of the order did not allow this.
Jahanara Begum stated that she and her brother Dārā were the only descendants of Timur to embrace Sufism.
Her early life is depicted in The Royal Diaries book series as Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India-1627 by Kathryn Lasky.
Jahanara is the protagonist of the novel Beneath a Marble Sky, by John Shors.
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